Edward Teller

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Hungarian-American human theoretical physicist

Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist best known as the “father of the hydrogen bomb” for his leading role in developing thermonuclear weapons during and after World War II.

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Edward Teller canonical 23

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hungarian-American ⓘ
human ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
academicAdvisor Werner Heisenberg ⓘ
awardReceived Albert Einstein Award ⓘ
Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
birthCountry Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
birthDate 1908-01-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Budapest ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
coDeveloperOf Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Hungary ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2003-09-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Stanford, California ⓘ
surface form: Stanford, California, United States
doctoralThesis Über die Berechnung der Schwingungsfrequenzen des Moleküls ⓘ
doctoralThesisYear 1930 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Karlsruhe ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer George Washington University ⓘ
Hoover Institution ⓘ
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ
Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
University of Göttingen ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Teller ⓘ
fieldOfWork nuclear physics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
thermonuclear weapons ⓘ
fullName Edward Teller self-link ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
influenced U.S. thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ
knownFor development of the hydrogen bomb ⓘ
thermonuclear weapon design ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
Manhattan Project ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)

United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
surface form: United States Atomic Energy Commission (as advisor)
movedTo United States of America ⓘ
nickname father of the hydrogen bomb ⓘ
notableWork contributions to Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Mici Mária (Augusta Maria) Harkányi ⓘ
supported Strategic Defense Initiative ⓘ

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Manhattan Project → keyScientist → Edward Teller ⓘ
Los Alamos Laboratory → employed → Edward Teller ⓘ
MED → employed → Edward Teller ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
Project Y → involvedScientist → Edward Teller ⓘ
Enrico Fermi Award → notableRecipient → Edward Teller ⓘ
Edward Teller → fullName → Edward Teller self-link ⓘ
Albert Einstein Award → notableRecipient → Edward Teller ⓘ
Herzberg–Teller approximation → namedAfter → Edward Teller ⓘ
Robert Serber → colleague → Edward Teller ⓘ
Teller–Ulam design → namedAfter → Edward Teller ⓘ
Mici Mária (Augusta Maria) Harkányi → spouse → Edward Teller ⓘ
subject surface form: Mici Mária Harkányi
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program → keyFigure → Edward Teller ⓘ
PSAC → member → Edward Teller ⓘ
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb → focusesOn → Edward Teller ⓘ
The Making of the Atomic Bomb → notableFigureCovered → Edward Teller ⓘ
Committee on Political and Social Problems → hasMember → Edward Teller ⓘ
Metropolis algorithm → coDevelopedBy → Edward Teller ⓘ
Francis E. Low → doctoralAdvisor → Edward Teller ⓘ
Jahn–Teller effect → namedAfter → Edward Teller ⓘ
Gamow–Teller theory → developedBy → Edward Teller ⓘ
Nicholas Metropolis → coAuthorWith → Edward Teller ⓘ
Astro Teller → hasRelative → Edward Teller ⓘ
MANIAC I → usedBy → Edward Teller ⓘ