Edward Teller Quotes


Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.


Citations

Teller, Edward. The Pursuit of Simplicity. Pepperdine University Press, 1980.

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Edward Teller
Edward Teller
  • Born: January 15, 1908
  • Died: September 9, 2003
  • Nationality: Hungarian
  • Profession: Physicist

Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" (see the Teller–Ulam design), although he did not care for the title, considering it poor taste. Throughout his life, Teller was known both for his scientific ability and for his difficult interpersonal relations and volatile personality.