Teller is dead

[TillEulenspiegel]

Edward Teller died yesterday, he was nicknamed "the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb", altho Sakarov actually developed the breakthru we needed" the "Layercake" and while proclaiming his displeasure with that title accepted the credit. He also screwed Oppenheimer out of both the recognition he deserved and the man's career as he was the main culprit behind R.O's dismissal from the US atomic research program and the rescinding of R.O's secret clearances.

He was the main advocate for using the H-Bomb on the Soviets and later (in Korea) the Chinese. This Jewish man managed to escape the Nazi onslaught only to become the very thing he ran from.

He went on to champion cartoon science ( Reagen's SDI )
He was a brilliant Physicist and a scoundrel.

I hope he rests in peace.

 

[shemp]

http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=26774

 

[TillEulenspiegel]

Hmm not only the wrong forum but behind the curve...well I guess we have a common opinion on Dr.Teller at least

 

[smalltlalk_2k]

You scared me. I thought you were talking about Teller from Penn & Teller

 

[chance]

For a definitive read on the history of Atomic discovery and the people involved (Edward. Teller included) in those early days find a copy of: Uranium The Deadly Element. One of the best books I ever read.

 

[fishbob]

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/3893979p-3917180c.html

In today's Anchorage Daily News:

But Alaskans will remember him as a catalyst for change through his infamous "Project Chariot." Teller's dream of sculpting the Chukchi Sea coast with nuclear warheads spurred one of the first major environmental battles in Alaska. His dismissal of Inupiat Eskimo concerns helped galvanize the Native rights movement, while his agency's demand for 1 million acres of land traditionally used for subsistence hunting set the stage for the Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act.
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By 1958, Teller was actively promoting the idea of using hydrogen bombs for peaceful purposes, such as digging canals or slicing through mountain ranges. His agency, an offshoot of the Atomic Energy Commission, wanted a test site that was remote and sparsely populated, yet on the U.S. coast. Though none of the engineers had ever been to Alaska, they chose Point Hope.

Project Chariot would dig a harbor more than a mile long and half a mile wide, creating a shipping port for nearby coal fields. During his promotional tour, skeptics in Juneau and Anchorage wondered about building a harbor locked in ice nine months a year. When asked what would happen to the Inupiat people of the region, Teller said they could become coal miners.

Radiated coal mining Eskimos. Your parent's tax dollars at work.