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'''Edward Teller''' was an eminent and controversial theoretical physicist. He was born from Jewish parents as ''Ede Teller'' in [[Budapest]] (Hungary) on January 15, 1908. He died in his home on the [[Stanford University|Stanford]] campus (Palo Alto, California) on September 9, 2003. | '''Edward Teller''' was an eminent and controversial theoretical physicist. He was born from Jewish parents as ''Ede Teller'' in [[Budapest]] (Hungary) on January 15, 1908. He died in his home on the [[Stanford University|Stanford]] campus (Palo Alto, California) on September 9, 2003. | ||
Edward Teller was one of the most controversial scientists of the 20th century because of his role as the main developer of the [[hydrogen bomb]], his outspoken defense of an unassailable nuclear arsenal, and support for President [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]'s [[Strategic Defensive Initiative]] ("Star Wars"). During the [[Joseph McCarthy|McCarthy]] era he alienated many of his colleagues by his testimony in the 1954 security clearance hearings of [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], his former colleague and director of the [[Los Alamos Laboratory]]. | Edward Teller was one of the most controversial scientists of the 20th century because of his role as the main developer of the [[hydrogen bomb]], his outspoken defense of an unassailable nuclear arsenal, and support for President [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]'s [[Strategic Defensive Initiative]] ("Star Wars"). During the [[Joseph McCarthy|McCarthy]] era he alienated many of his colleagues by his testimony in the 1954 security clearance hearings of [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], his former colleague and director of the [[Los Alamos Laboratory]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 28 March 2009
Edward Teller was an eminent and controversial theoretical physicist. He was born from Jewish parents as Ede Teller in Budapest (Hungary) on January 15, 1908. He died in his home on the Stanford campus (Palo Alto, California) on September 9, 2003.
Edward Teller was one of the most controversial scientists of the 20th century because of his role as the main developer of the hydrogen bomb, his outspoken defense of an unassailable nuclear arsenal, and support for President Reagan's Strategic Defensive Initiative ("Star Wars"). During the McCarthy era he alienated many of his colleagues by his testimony in the 1954 security clearance hearings of J. Robert Oppenheimer, his former colleague and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory.