Edward Teller: The Real Dr. Strangelove
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (826 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674016696 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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In their place, Goodchild shows us one of the most powerful scientists of the twentieth century in all his enigmatic humanity.. Strangelove." Goodchild's biography draws on interviews with more than fifty of Teller's colleagues and friends. Goodchild interviewed Teller himself at the end of his life, and what emerges from this interview, as well as from Teller's Memoirs and recently unearthed correspondence, is a clearer view of the contradictions and controversies that riddled the man's life. Their voices echo through the book, expressing admiration and contempt, affection and hatred, as we observe Teller's involvement in every stage of building the atomic bomb, and his subsequent pursuit of causes that drew the world deeper into the Cold War--alienating many of his scientific colleagues even as he provided the intellectual lead for politician
"the real Dr. Stragelove" according to Mark J. Singsank. I will be brief as others have written very good reviews. The authors start off well connecting with those interested in Edward Teller or the "Atomic Era coming of Age". The book does justice and provides insight until the later third, begining with the Oppenheimer security issues. From there it declines into an obsession with political correctness.conservatives are right-wing and liberals have no slur attached to them. The book ends with less and less of Teller as the object but more as a useful tool for the authors spin on history.. The Real Deal Bruce Crocker Whether or not Edward Teller was the model for Dr. Strangelove in the movie of the same name [my pick for #1 movie ever], he was still one of the most controversial and enigmatic scientists of the 20th Century. Peter Goodchild does an excellent job laying out Dr. Teller's life in the book Edward Teller, The Real Dr. Strangelove. Having read Goodchild's J. Robert Oppenheimer: Shatterer Of Worlds while still in college [and having watched the BBC show by Goodchild on PBS with my Dad - a favorite memory], I trusted that Goodchild would write a book that was neithe. A wonderful contirbution A wonderful readable account, an essential addition to reading on the development of the Atomic bomb and American nuclear strategy. Teller went from being a `madman on the Mesa' to working on theories surrounding star wars, called by many to be the `real Dr. Strangelove' from the wonderful Peter Sellers film. This very readable account details Tellers life, from being a refugee to working alongside Oppenheimer and the rest of the Nuclear Bomb people at Los Alamos. Teller went on to be the main architect and driver behind nuclear bomb technology and strategic wa
Robert Oppenheimer's to denounce him as a security threat, a move that endeared Teller to right-wingers in Congress while dividing the scientific community. All rights reserved. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Edward Teller, the "Father of the H-bomb," emerges in this readable biography as a brilliant, insecure, sometimes paranoid figure with a significant—and decidedly ambiguous—historical legacy. Teller's final political triumph was winnin