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91. The aftermath of the test and bombing Hiroshima | 491 | 04:43 | |
92. Leaving Los Alamos | 372 | 05:59 | |
93. Maria Mayer winning the Nobel Prize | 354 | 01:48 | |
94. Writing a paper with Fermi on particles occurring in cosmic rays | 313 | 02:18 | |
95. Ideas for the hydrogen bomb | 330 | 02:29 | |
96. Talking to Chadwick about General Groves (Part 1) | 314 | 02:55 | |
97. Talking to Chadwick about General Groves (Part 2) | 410 | 03:58 | |
98. The decision to go ahead with the hydrogen bomb | 306 | 05:49 | |
99. Should the hydrogen bomb be built? | 292 | 04:30 | |
100. Involving John Wheeler in the project | 366 | 04:35 |
The late Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller helped to develop the atomic bomb and provided the theoretical framework for the hydrogen bomb. During his long and sometimes controversial career he was a staunch advocate of nuclear power and also of a strong defence policy, calling for the development of advanced thermonuclear weapons.
Title: Leaving Los Alamos
Listeners: John H. Nuckolls
John H. Nuckolls was Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 1988 to 1994. He joined the Laboratory in 1955, 3 years after its establishment, with a masters degree in physics from Columbia. He rose to become the Laboratory's Associate Director for Physics before his appointment as Director in 1988.
Nuckolls, a laser fusion and nuclear weapons physicist, helped pioneer the use of computers to understand and simulate physics phenomena at extremes of temperature, density and short time scales. He is internationally recognised for his work in the development and control of nuclear explosions and as a pioneer in the development of laser fusion.
Duration: 6 minutes
Date story recorded: June 1996
Date story went live: 24 January 2008