The Legacy of Hiroshima

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' EDWARD TELLER (1908 – 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb. He made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy (in particular the Jahn–Teller and Renner–Teller effects), and surface physics. Teller was born in Hungary and emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. He was an early member of the Manhattan Project, charged with developing the first atomic bomb; during this time he made a serious push to develop the first fusion-based weapons as well, but these were deferred until after World War II. In 1986, he was awarded the United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award. He was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1948. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Nuclear Society. Among the honors he received were the Albert Einstein Award in 1958, the Enrico Fermi Award in 1962, the Eringen Medal in 1980, the Harvey Prize in 1975, the National Medal of Science in 1983, and the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1989.' INTRODUCTION PART ONE: The Work of Many People CHAPTER ONE: The Secret of Los Alamos CHAPTER TWO: The Vanishing Advantage CHAPTER THREE: The Hydrogen Bomb CHAPTER FOUR: A Laboratory in the Cold War PART TWO: Science in the World CHAPTER FIVE: How to Be an Optimist in the Nuclear Age CHAPTER SIX: The Renaissance of Alchemy CHAPTER SEVEN: The Lure of Infinity CHAPTER EIGHT: Seeds of Tomorrow PART THREE: The Counsel of CHAPTER NINE: The Fallout Scare CHAPTER TEN: Mirage of Peace CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Quiet Enemy PART FOUR: Bulwarks of Peace CHAPTER TWELVE: The Not-So-Absolute Weapon CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Off the Beach CHAPTER FOURTEEN: An Eye for an Eye CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Limited Warfare CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Future without Plan EPILOGUE: The Legacy of Hiroshima INDEX