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Line 9: − + − 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 physicist, Teller later supported President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s missile defense proposal known as the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]].+ +
→Work on the atomic bomb: attribute backlash to other scientists, not unspecified liberals [as the obit does]
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]]. A series of design attempts and work with mathematician [[Stanislaw Ulam]] resulted in the [[Teller-Ulam]] design.
== Relationships in the scientific community ==
Teller's testimony against [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] in 1954 created something of a backlash against him by other scientists.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/obituaries/10TELL.html?ex=1378612800&en=527a0430768a87c7&ei=5007</ref>
The hearings 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."
==Global warming==
==Global warming==