Edward Teller: Father of the Hydrogen Bomb

pigrabbitbear writes "Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, had a thing for nuclear bombs. He wanted them bigger, smaller, faster, used in ways that no one had thought of before or since, and always more of them. He suffered no fools, and though he would be more vilified than any other American scientist in the 20th century, he always dismissed his critics as lacking in common sense or patriotism. Amid Cold War paranoia and fears of the Soviet nuclear program, the stakes were simply too high: for the free world, building the most powerful weapon in history was a matter of life and horrible death."

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Re:Wonder what Mr. Teller thinks of Iran?

[starfire83]

Bomb them.

Re:Wonder what Mr. Teller thinks of Iran?

[starfire83]

They bomb them.

Fortunately

[Black Parrot]

Thank goodness, now that the Cold War is over we have the War on Terror, so we can still dismiss critics of more spending for unnecessary weapon systems as "lacking in common sense or patriotism".

Re:Wonder what Mr. Teller thinks of Iran?

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Mrs. Teller to her husband: "Oh Edward, all you think about is A-bombs... all you talk about is A-bombs. Your beautiful house is full of bits and pieces of A-bombs... your books are all about A-bombs... every time you sing a song, it is in some way obliquely connected with A-bombs... everything you eat has to have 'atomic' incorporated in the title... Your whole life is becoming obsessively atomic, you know. Why do I have to hang from this bloody bomb casing all day? Don't I mean anything to you?"