Edward Teller and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) |  | Author: John Bankston
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers
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ISBN: 1584151080
Dewey Decimal Number: 539.7092
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Publication Date: October 1, 2001
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Often called the "father of the hydrogen bomb," Edward Teller believes that the device he helped invent, with its potential to kill millions of people, actually made the world a safer place. "I am still asked on occasion whether I am not sorry for having invented such a terrible thing as the hydrogen bomb," he says. "The answer is, I am not." Teller adamantly believes that what he did saved lives. He believes that his discoveries changed the world for the better. A pioneer of the atomic age and one of the many brilliant scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, Edward Teller is as controversial today as he was fifty years ago. A Hungarian immigrant, Teller fled Nazi Germany and successfully proved that the atomic bomb could be used without creating a world-destroying chain reaction. But his choices and beliefs have been questioned not just by citizens and government officials, but also by his fellow scientists. Some regard him as a genius and some as a hated person who developed a weapon 1,000 times more destructive than the first atom bomb. Regardless of the opinion people have of him, his impact on the twentieth century is undeniable.
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