Edward Teller
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław Ulam.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Budapest
- Educated at
- Leipzig UniversityFasori GimnáziumUniversity of Göttingen
- Awards
- 🏆 Ig Nobel Prize🏆 Albert Einstein Award
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Werner Heisenberg
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Hans-Peter Dürr📖 Chen-ning Yang
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding."
"When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something sol…"
"There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge — especially if the knowledge is terrible."
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Timeline
1908
Born
Birth2003
Died
Death
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