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.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hungarian-American → human → theoretical physicist →
academicAdvisor	Werner Heisenberg →
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Award → Enrico Fermi Award → National Medal of Science →
birthCountry	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, 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 →
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 (United States) → 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 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Los Alamos Laboratory → Manhattan Engineer District →	employed
Herzberg–Teller approximation → Teller–Ulam design →	namedAfter
Albert Einstein Award → Enrico Fermi Award →	notableRecipient
Robert Serber →	colleague
Edward Teller →	fullName
Project Y →	involvedScientist
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program →	keyFigure
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
Mici Mária Harkányi →	spouse