Memoirs : a twentieth-century journey in science and politics / Edward Teller ; with Judith L. Shoolery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.

Contributor:

Shoolery, Judith L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.

Teller, Edward.

Physicists--United States--Biography.

Physicists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 628 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., [2001]

Summary:

Present at many of the pivotal moments in modern science, Teller is a brilliant and controversial figure whose work on nuclear weapons was key to the American war effort. These are his fascinating recollections as he reveals himself to be a man with deep beliefs about liberty, security, and the moral responsibility of science. Two 16-page photo inserts.

Contents:

1 How Many Seconds in a Year? (1908-1913) 3

2 Learning About War, Revolution, and Peace (1914-1919) 8

3 The Other Side of the War Years (1914-1919) 17

4 Romanian Interlude (1919-1920) 24

5 My Name is KoKo (1920-1925) 31

6 How to Become a Physicist the Hard Way (1926-1928) 42

7 Brave New World (1928-1929) 53

8 Journeymen Year in Physics (1929-1930) 64

9 The Pleasures of Small Successes (1930-1933) 72

10 The Future Becomes Obvious (1933) 82

11 Copenhagen (1933-1934) 94

12 The Joy of Being a Foreigner (1934-1935) 109

13 First Years in the United States (1935-1941) 122

14 Fission (1939-1941) 138

15 Academicians Go to Work (1941-1943) 153

16 Settling in at Los Alamos (March 1943-November 1943) 166

17 On and Off the Mesa (November 1943-January 1945) 184

18 An End, A Beginning (1945) 198

19 Give It Back to the Indians (1945-1946) 213

20 Incomplete Answers (1946) 228

21 Among Friends From Home (February 1946-June 1949) 239

22 The Reactor Safeguard Committee (1947-1949) 263

23 Twenty Years Too Soon (June 1949-January 1950) 273

24 Our Doubts Have a Firm Foundation (1950) 291

25 Damn the Torpedoes (November 1950-April 1951) 309

26 Pleasures in the Pacific, Perils at Princeton (April 1951-September 1951) 320

27 The Campaign for a Second Weapons Laboratory (November 1951-July 1952) 330

28 The New Wheel Spins a Bit (1952-1954) 343

29 Other Nuclear Affairs (1949-1955) 360

30 The Oppenheimer Hearing (April 12, 1954-May 6, 1954) 369

31 Sequelae (June 1954-February 1955) 385

32 Three Friends (August 1954-August 1958) 402

33 Down to Earth (1955-1958) 415

34 The Directorship (1958-1960) 436

35 A Few Lessons in Political Affairs (1955-1960) 453

36 The Temperature of the Cold War Rises (1960-1965) 461

37 Educating Inventive Engineers (1961-1975) 476

38 Uphill (1964-1972) 492

39 Choices, Critical and Otherwise (1973-1979) 514

40 Strategic Defense (1980-1992) 525

41 Other Issues

Public and Private (1980-1990) 541

42 Homecoming (1990-2000) 551

Appendix In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer 570.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

073820532X

OCLC:

48150267