Memoirs
Subtitle: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics
Publisher: Perseus Publishing
Published: October 16, 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780738205328
Subjects: Biography: general; Popular science; 20th century; History; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Scientists - General; Biography/Autobiography; Physics; Hydrogen bomb; Memoir; Biography; Atomic bomb; Physicists; United States
First sentence: WHAT ARE MY earliest memories of childhood?
Description: "The story of Edward Teller is the story of the twentieth century. Born in Hungary in 1908, Teller witnessed the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism, two world wars, the McCarthy era, and the changing face of big science. A brilliant and controversial figure, Teller brings to these events a perspective that is at once surprising and insightful.".

"Edward Teller is perhaps best known for his belief in freedom through strong defense. But this memoir reveals the man behind the headlines - passionate and humorous, devoted and loyal. We learn Teller's true position on everything from the bombing of Japan to the pursuit of weapons research in the post-war years."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How many seconds in a year? (1908-1913); title: Learning about war, revolution, and peace (1914-1919); title: The other side of the war years (1914-1919); title: Romanian interlude (1919-1920); title: My name is KoKó (1920-1925); title: How to become a physicist the hard way (1926-1928); title: Brave new world (1928-1929); title: Journeymen year in physics (1929-1930); title: The pleasures of small successes (1930-1933); title: The future becomes obvious (1933); title: Copenhagen (1933-1934); title: The joy of being a foreigner (1934-1935); title: First years in the United States (1935-1941); title: Fission (1939-1941); title: Academicians go to work (1941-1943); title: Settling in at Los Alamos (March 1943-November 1943); title: On and off the Mesa (November 1943-January 1945); title: An end, a beginning (1945); title: Give it back to the Indians (1945-1946); title: Incomplete answers (1946); title: Among friends from home (February 1946-June 1949); title: The Reactor Safeguard Committee (1947-1949); title: Twenty years too soon (June 1949-January 1950); title: Our doubts have a firm foundation (1950); title: Damn the torpedoes (November 1950-April 1951); title: Pleasures in the Pacific, perils at Princeton (April 1951-September 1951); title: The campaign for a second weapons laboratory (November 1951-July 1952); title: The new wheel spins a bit (1952-1954); title: Other nuclear affairs (1949-1955); title: The Oppenheimer hearing (April 12, 1954-May 6, 1954); title: Sequelae (June 1954-February 1955); title: Three friends (August 1954-August 1958); title: Down to earth (1955-1958); title: The directorship (1958-1960); title: A few lessons in political affairs (1955-1960); title: The temperature of the Cold War rises (1960-1965); title: Educating inventive engineers (1961-1975); title: Uphill (1964-1972); title: Choices, critical and otherwise (1973-1979); title: Strategic defense (1980-1992); title: Other issues, public and private (1980-1990); title: Homecoming (1990-2000); title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer