Edward Teller (1908 - 2003)

Edward Teller was born in Budapest, Hungary. During the Manhattan Project, he headed a group at Los Alamos in the Theoretical Physics division.

Teller was a major proponent of the hydrogen bomb. This position pitted him against Oppenheimer, and divided the scientific community. Teller is Director Emeritus at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

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Edward Teller (1908 - 2003)

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