The father of the bomb H dies

2003/09/10 Kortabarria Olabarria, Beñardo - Elhuyar Zientzia

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At age 95, Edward Teller died yesterday under thrombosis at his home at Stanford University in California. The scientist originally from Hungary, but with American nationality, has been considered the father of the H bomb, the atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. In fact, Teller Manhattan was one of the main drivers of the project, whose goal was to get the atomic bomb.

Edward Teller was born in Budapest in 1908. After studying physics, he had the opportunity to work in Copenhagen with the Danish Neils Bohr. He later moved to the United States. He worked at Livermore laboratories until 1960 and then began teaching at the University of California. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan supported the use of a protective umbrella in the Star Wars.