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Author

Hargittai, Istvan.

Title Judging Edward Teller : a closer look at one of the most influential scientists of the twentieth century / Istvan Hargittai.

Imprint

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	530 T238Bh 2010	---	Available

Description	575 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Teller in Hungary: origins and background -- Germany: road to science -- Transitions -- Atomic bomb quest -- No calm before the storm -- Fathering the hydrogen bomb -- From worrier to warrior -- Double tragedy: Teller and Oppenheimer -- Fallout and test ban -- "A monomaniac with many manias" -- Warring the stars -- Final thoughts.
Subject	Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.
	Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
	Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
	Hungarian Americans -- Biography.
	Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.
ISBN	9781616142216 (cloth : alk. paper)
	1616142219 (cloth : alk. paper)