Bethe, Oppenheimer and Teller: Their Accomplishments

Posted on May.26, 2017 in History, Nuclear Weapons by Steven Aftergood

In 1959, physicists Hans Bethe, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller were candidates to receive the Enrico Fermi Award for contributions to the development of atomic energy. In a newly discovered letter written in June 1959, Los Alamos physicist Norris Bradbury provided his evaluation of the achievements of each of the three eminent scientists. His […]https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2017/05/bradbury-fermi/