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The spark of the Super: Teller–Ulam and the birth of the H-bomb—rivalry, credit, and legacy at 75 years
In early 1951, Los Alamos scientists Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam devised a breakthrough that would lead to the hydrogen bomb [1]. Their design gave the United States an initial advantage in the Cold War, though comparable progress was soon achieved independently in the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
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Member Idaho State Board of Education
Dr. David Hill is Chief Technology Officer for Terrestrial Energy USA. He retired as the Deputy Laboratory Director for Science & Technology at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory in 2013. He had previously held senior positions at both Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and also a member of the State Board of Education in Idaho.
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