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[[Image:Eteller.jpg|thumb|right|'''Edward Teller''']]

[[Image:Eteller.jpg|thumb|right|'''Edward Teller''']]

Edward Teller (1908-2003) was a theoretical physicist who was born in Austria-Hungary, educated in Germany, and who immigrated to the United States in 1935 to escape Hitler.

 

'''Edward Teller''' (1908-2003) was a theoretical physicist who was born in Austria-Hungary, educated in Germany, and who immigrated to the United States in 1935 to escape Hitler.

His specialty was nuclear energy, both fission and fusion.  He discovered the Jahn-Teller Effect in 1939), describing the geometrical distortion of electron clouds undergo in chemical reactions of metals he also helped develop the the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) isotherm for surface physics and chemistry.

His specialty was nuclear energy, both fission and fusion.  He discovered the Jahn-Teller Effect in 1939), describing the geometrical distortion of electron clouds undergo in chemical reactions of metals he also helped develop the the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) isotherm for surface physics and chemistry.

In 1942, Teller worked with [[Leo Szilard]] at the University of Chicago in the early stages of the Manhattan Project, and a year later headed the Theoretical Physics division at Los Alamos in New Mexico.

In 1942, Teller worked with [[Leo Szilard]] at the University of Chicago in the early stages of the Manhattan Project, and a year later headed the Theoretical Physics division at Los Alamos in New Mexico.

When the Soviet Union detonated an [[atomic bomb]] in August 1949 based on secrets stolen from the United States, Teller began advocating construction of a far more powerful hydrogen bomb. He derived how to accomplish this with mathematician [[Stanislaw Ulam]].

When the Soviet Union detonated an [[atomic bomb]] in August 1949 based on secrets stolen from the United States, Teller began advocating construction of a far more powerful [[hydrogen bomb]]. He derived how to accomplish this with mathematician [[Stanislaw Ulam]].

Teller was widely hated by liberals <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/obituaries/10TELL.html?ex=1378612800&en=527a0430768a87c7&ei=5007</ref> for testifying against [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] in 1954 in hearings that resulted in the United States Atomic Energy Commission taking away Oppenheimer's security clearance.  Teller testified, "I feel I would prefer to see the vital interests of this country in hands that I understand better and therefore trust more."

Teller was widely hated by liberals <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/obituaries/10TELL.html?ex=1378612800&en=527a0430768a87c7&ei=5007</ref> for testifying against [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] in 1954 in hearings that resulted in the United States Atomic Energy Commission taking away Oppenheimer's security clearance.  Teller testified, "I feel I would prefer to see the vital interests of this country in hands that I understand better and therefore trust more."

A conservative academic physicists, Teller later supported President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s missile defense proposal known as [[Strategic Defense Initiative|Star Wars]].

A conservative academic physicists, Teller later supported President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s missile defense proposal known as [[Strategic Defense Initiative|Star Wars]].

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