Edward Teller Accomplishments

The beginnings of the Nuclear Age started when Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt warning him of a dangerous weapon the Nazis had begun researching, known as the atomic bomb. (1) Though, when President Roosevelt first read this letter, he was too preoccupied with events in Europe to be bothered with such ideas. He at the time did not take the creation of such weapon to seriously, nor did he believe America had the resources for such a task. (2) Finally, on October 19, 1939 President Roosevelt wrote back to Einstein stating that the United States had begun to research the power of uranium. (2) With the help of the British, whom reluctantly gave the United States leadership on this project, in June of 1942 the Manhattan Project had begun, though most of the world had no idea that this was even happening, not even Vice President Truman. (2)

     When the first atomic bomb was detonated in Alamogordo New Mexico on June 16, 1945, all the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project understood the great destructive power of radio-active isotopes. Although the atomic bomb was a very destructive force our world would not be as good without it. Because of the government funding involved in the project coupled with the need for an atom bomb, much research that otherwise may not have occurred took place in the US. The Manhattan project opened the door to nuclear advancements and applications.

Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist and philanthropist. Andrew Carnegie was born in November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He was the son of a handloom weaver. Andrew’s Carnegie parents decide to move to North

On September 14, 1982 President Reagan and Dr. Edward Teller (father of the hydrogen bomb) held a meeting to discuss how to develop the most effective method of defense against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Teller wrote Reagan a two-page letter in which he called his research “the most important one in strategic military affairs since

Even today, 71 years after the first use of the atomic bomb, people praise Oppenheimer’s many contributions to science but also question his ethics in the development of the atomic bomb. However, I believe J. Robert Oppenheimer was a visionary leader and ethical leader as his contributions advanced science and put an end to a great war.

“Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25th, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland.”( Even though he had little formal education, Carnegie grew up in a family that believed in the importance of books and learning. The son of a handloom weaver, Andrew Carnegie ended up being one of the wealthiest businessmen in America.

Many of these men being from New Mexico. Theoretical Physicist Robert Oppenheimer, the leader of this project, led the scientists to success, after about three or four years, in 1945, the first bomb was ready for testing. Since this type of bomb had never been created before, no one was really sure of what would happen. They would soon find out.

At the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II scientist started to develop new ways to to react to wars.Scientist like Julius Robert Oppenheimer with the help of Albert Einstein created the first atomic bomb called the “Little Boy” and the “FatMan”. Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. He was incharge of gather the best minds to develop weapons of mass destruction. Oppenheimer along with 200 other physics developed weapons that would change the world forever.

A man who is almost synonymous with the development of the atomic bomb as well as with the conflicts between the desires of the government

J. Robert Oppenheimer, was without doubt, a marvelous scientist. He was responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb, and by thinking flexibly, his work led to the discovery of the positron, and the teaching of theoretical physics and the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer’s worked changed the world forever, in both good and bad ways. His teachings of theoretical physics and the atomic bomb taught people things they might have never known if it was not for him. You are only smart, when you realize you know nothing compared to the knowledge the universe holds. Those who claim to be all-knowing are the biggest fools of

nuclear bombs. This was headed by Einstein and Formi. It was code named the Manhattan Project. The

During WW2 many people in the science community feared the German physicist, that learned to create nuclear bombs, would soon bomb enemies of Germany leading to vast destruction. Scientist such as, Albert Eisten urged president Roosevelt to fund the creation of the atomic bombed research program because of the threating information. Roosevelt saw no use for the program but decided to fund it anyway which led to the creation of the Manhattan Project in 1941 . The Manhattan Project gave jobs to over 120,000 Americans and about 2 billion dollars were spent. talk That level of radiation for anyone is horrible it can cause so many diseases for ex. Cancer, throat disease and DEATH. The first bomb to ever be tested was called the trinity.

The US opened the nuclear world race when it started the Manhattan project to acquire a nuclear bomb. The Manhattan Project was established in 1942 as a secret project to build and produce a nuclear bomb in the US. The US succeeded building the first American nuclear bomb in 1945. Unfortunately, the US used the nuclear bomb against Japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attacked by nuclear bombs and

Edward Teller is a Hungarian-American physicist, known for his work on the hydrogen bomb. Teller was born in Budapest in 1908, and was educated in Germany at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe and at the universities of Munich and Leipzig. He received his Ph.D. in physics in 1930. After working at the University of Goettingen with James Frank and at the Niels Bohr Institute, he became Professor of Physics at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1935. In 1941 he became an American citizen. In the same year he joined the U.S. atomic bomb development project known as the Manhattan Project. For more than a decade he worked with the Italian-born physicist Enrico Fermi on this and succeeding projects at

Edward Teller was born to Jewish parents Max and Ilona Teller January 15, 1908 in Budapest, Hungary. The Tellers were an upper middle class family due to Edward's father being a lawyer. The tellers also had a daughter Emmi who was twenty months older than Edward. Until Edward was four he showed few signs of being exceptionally intelligent in fact there was concern that he may lack even normal intelligence. At four however Edward began to speak in full sentences and show great promise. By age six he was laying in bed at night and work multiplication problems. He soon also showed great promise as a pianist, something he would enjoy throughout his lifetime.