Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
Episodes
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#5798: Project Sundial: Teller's 10-Gigaton Doomsday ProposalEdward Teller proposed a 10,000-megaton bomb in 1954. The physics allowed it — the delivery problem killed it.Main topic -
#5795: Digging Harbors with Nuclear Bombs: Project PlowshareFrom Sedan's 104-kiloton crater to a plan for 520 bombs in the Negev — how the atomic age tried to become civil engineering.