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  2. Edward Teller (Hungarian: Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design.

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  3. Apr 11, 2024 · Edward Teller was a Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist who participated in the production of the first atomic bomb (1945) and who led the development of the world’s first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb.

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  4. Aug 27, 2023 · Hydrogen bombs, considered nuclear weapons, work using a combination of nuclear fission and fusion. Edward Teller led their development in the 1950s.

  5. Sep 11, 2003 · Edward Teller, a Fierce Architect of the Hydrogen Bomb, Is Dead at 95 - The New York Times. By William J. Broad and Walter Sullivan. Sept. 11, 2003. Edward Teller, a towering figure of...

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    Teller was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1908. He earned a degree in chemical engineering at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany and received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Leipzig. His doctoral thesis was on the hydrogen molecular ion, the foundation for the theory of molecular orbitals that remains accepted to t...

    It was Edward Teller who drove Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner to meet with Albert Einstein, who together would write a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to pursue atomic weapons research before the Nazis did. Teller worked on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and later became the lab's assistant director. This led to...

    In 1951, while still at Los Alamos, Teller came up with the idea for a thermonuclear weapon. Teller was more determined than ever to push for its development after the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb in 1949. This was a major reason why he was determined to lead the successful development and testing of the first hydrogen bomb. In 1952, Ernest...

    Teller published more than a dozen books on subjects ranging from energy policy to defense issues and was awarded 23 honorary degrees. He received numerous awards for his contributions to physics and public life. Two months before his death in 2003, Edward Teller was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a special ceremony conducted by P...

    Learn about the life and achievements of Edward Teller, the theoretical physicist who co-invented the hydrogen bomb with Ernest Lawrence and others. Find out how he worked to keep the U.S. ahead of the Soviet Union in the nuclear arms race and how he influenced the development of the hydrogen bomb.

  6. Edward Teller (1908-2003) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist. He is considered one of the fathers of the hydrogen bomb. Teller, along with Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner, helped urge President Roosevelt to develop an atomic bomb program in the United States.

  7. Sep 9, 2003 · Collaborating with mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, Teller developed the world’s first hydrogen bomb design in 1951. In 1952, the hydrogen bomb was successfully tested in the Pacific Ocean. The bomb, called the Mike Shot, was 1,000 times more powerful than the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

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