After WWII as the Cold War escalated, tensions in the American scientific community culminated in the 1954 security hearing of J Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the atomic bomb". Physicist Edward ...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Edward Teller, who played a key role in U.S. defense and energy policies for more than half a century and was dubbed the "father of the H-bomb" for his enthusiastic pursuit of ...

Edward Teller (Jan. 15, 1908 - Sept. 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American trained in theoretical physics. He is well-known as “the father of the hydrogen bomb.” Work on the hydrogen bomb by Teller ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- He was among the pioneering greats of nuclear science. He was scorned for disavowing former boss Robert Oppenheimer. He didn't get a Nobel but did pick up the unlovely title of ...

This Tuesday saw the passing of a hero of World War II and the Cold War: Edward Teller. Known as the father of the H-bomb, Teller died at the age of 95, having lived a life full of foresight as to ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The 70 th anniversary of the bombings of ...