In 1948 George Gamow, a fellow pioneer of nuclear physics, added Mr Bethe's name without asking to a paper that explained how chemical elements had been made in the BigBang.
Other pilot shows include Zombieland - based on the film of the same name - featuring four survivors attempting to outwit zombies, while animated comedy Dark Minions, written by BigBang Theory's Kevin Sussman and John Ross Bowie, is about two "slackers" working on an intergalactic warship.