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Edward Teller Passes Away At 95

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday September 10, 2003 @04:43PM from the no-more-strange-love dept.

Lord Prox writes "Edward Teller, one of the 20th Century's greats in physics, died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Stanford. He was 95." Newsforge.com also has one of the final interviews with Teller, who was "a principal architect of the hydrogen bomb, [and] passionate advocate of nuclear power and antimissile defense."

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95? by Kethinov · 2003-09-10 16:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Damn. If I died at 95 I'd be pretty pissed off about it. I bet he was shooting for the three digits.

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Linus Open letter by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-10 17:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Linus died today from an apparrent heart attack.
Re:the real question is... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-10 19:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Get a sense of humor, mods .... sheesh!
Flamebait is not for when you disagree. by Futurepower(R) · 2003-09-10 19:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey moderators: Flamebait is not for when you disagree, or don't like what is said. Flamebait is for when you believe that someone is only trying to cause trouble.