EDWARD TELLER - BOOK SIGNED CIRCA 1991 - HFSID 265070

EDWARD TELLER
The father of the hydrogen bomb who later revealed he didn't trust his colleague J. Robert Oppenheimer signed this copy of his biography
Book signed: "Edward Teller" on title page. 6½x9½. Title: Edward Teller, Giant of the Golden Age of Physics Pages: 306. Year: 1990. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. Place: New York City, New York. Hardcover book with dust jacket. Edward Teller (1908-2003), called the father of the hydrogen bomb, was born in Hungary and educated in Germany before fleeing the Nazis. He worked on the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic (fission) bomb, but was already looking forward to the even greater power which might be unleashed by nuclear fusion. Teller influenced U.S. Presidents of both parties with his advocacy of nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Teller made headlines in 1954 when he testified that he, personally, did not trust nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer enough to renew his security clearance. As a result of this hearing, Oppenheimer, another one of the pioneering scientists behind nuclear weapons, had his United States security clearance revoked. In his memoirs, Teller observed: "I deeply regret the deaths and injuries that resulted from the atomic bombings, but my best explanation of why I do not regret working on weapons is a question: What if we hadn't?"  Dust jacket slightly frayed at edges. Ink note on title page in unknown hand in bottom right corner. Otherwise, fine condition.