Judging Edward Teller: A Closer Look at One of the Most Influential Scientists of the Twentieth Century Book

Contents

Foreword by Peter Lax....................15
Preface....................19
CHAPTER 1. TELLER IN HUNGARY: ORIGINS AND BACKGROUND....................27
CHAPTER 2. GERMANY: ROAD TO SCIENCE....................61
CHAPTER 3. TRANSITIONS....................91
CHAPTER 4. ATOMIC BOMB QUEST....................123
CHAPTER 5. NO CALM BEFORE THE STORM....................165
CHAPTER 6. FATHERING THE HYDROGEN BOMB....................205
CHAPTER 7. FROM WORRIER TO WARRIOR....................243
CHAPTER 8. DOUBLE TRAGEDY: TELLER AND OPPENHEIMER....................277
CHAPTER 9. FALLOUT AND TEST BAN....................317
CHAPTER 10. "A MONOMANIAC WITH MANY MANIAS"....................353
CHAPTER 11. WARRING THE STARS....................389
CHAPTER 12. FINAL THOUGHTS....................425
Afterword by Richard Garwin....................457
Timeline: Selected Events in Edward Teller's Life....................461
Acknowledgments....................465
Biographical Names....................469
Notes....................489
Index....................549