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Biography
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław Ulam.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary citizen of Budapest · 2012
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2003
- Ig Nobel Prize · 1991
- National Medal of Science · 1982
- Eringen Medal · 1980
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- Harvey Prize · 1975
- Enrico Fermi Award · 1962
- Golden Plate Award · 1961
- Remsen Award · 1959
- Albert Einstein Award · 1958
Filmography5 titles
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024as Self - U.S. Nuclear Physicist (archive footage)
2024as Self - U.S. Nuclear Physicist (archive footage)
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
2023as Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)
2023as Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995as Self - Nuclear Physicist
1995as Self - Nuclear Physicist
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
1968as Self - Guest
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008as Self (archive footage)
2008as Self (archive footage)