@ ‘livermore national laborartory’
(1958)
(~age 50)
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‘hungarian’ –> teller ede)
(’15 january 1908′ – ‘9 september 2003’)
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[‘edward teller’ was a hungarian-american theoretical physicist who was born in ‘hungary’, and is known colloquially as “the father of the hydrogen bomb”, although he claimed he did not care for the title]
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(he made numerous contributions to ‘nuclear’ and ‘molecular’ physics, ‘spectroscopy’ (in particular the ‘Jahn–Teller’ and ‘Renner–Teller’ effects), and ‘surface physics’)
(his extension of Enrico Fermi’s theory of ‘beta decay’, in the form of ‘Gamow–Teller’ transitions, provided an important stepping stone in its application, while the ‘Jahn–Teller’ effect and the ‘Brunauer–Emmett–Teller’ (BET) theory have retained their original formulation and are still mainstays in physics and chemistry)
(Teller also made contributions to ‘Thomas–Fermi’ theory, the precursor of ‘density functional theory’, a standard modern tool in the quantum mechanical treatment of complex molecules)
(in 1953, along with ‘Nicholas Metropolis’, ‘Arianna Rosenbluth’, ‘Marshall Rosenbluth’, and ‘Augusta Teller’, Teller co-authored a paper which is a standard starting point for the applications of the ‘Monte Carlo method’ to ‘statistical mechanics’)
(Teller emigrated to the ‘United States’ in the 1930s, and was an early member of the ‘Manhattan Project’, charged with developing the first ‘atomic bomb’)
(during this time he made a serious push to develop the first fusion-based weapons as well, but these were deferred until after ‘World War II’)
(after his controversial testimony in the security clearance hearing of his former Los Alamos Laboratory superior ‘J. Robert Oppenheimer’, Teller was ostracized by much of the scientific community)
(he continued to find support from the U.S. government and military research establishment, particularly for his advocacy for ‘nuclear energy development’, a strong ‘nuclear arsenal’, and a vigorous ‘nuclear testing program’)
(he was a co-founder of ‘Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’ (LLNL), and was both its director and associate director for many years)
(in his later years, Teller became especially known for his advocacy of controversial technological solutions to both military and civilian problems, including a plan to excavate an artificial harbor in ‘Alaska’ using thermonuclear explosive in what was called ‘Project Chariot’)
(he was a vigorous advocate of Ronald Reagan’s ‘Strategic Defense Initiative’)
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(throughout his life, ‘teller’ was known both for his scientific ability and his difficult interpersonal relations and volatile personality, and is considered one of the inspirations for the character ‘Dr. Strangelove’ in the 1964 movie of the same name)
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