Edward Teller – Peter Goodchild Actieprijs

Many of the scientists involved in the earliest days of the nuclear arms race are either dead or no longer working. At 92, the Hungarian émigré Edward Teller is not only working but still at the forefront in shaping national and world defence strategies. Few men have had such a profound influence on the shape of the post-war worlds. He was involved at every stage of the building of the atomic bomb. In the years following the Second World War he was dubbed ‘the father of the H-bomb’ and was assailed as the m…