Science From a Political and Historical Point of View

Dr. Edward Teller, director emeritus of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and senior research fellow at The Hoover Institution, is one of the most celebrated physicists of this century. He has received worldwide acclaim for his research in chemical, molecular and nuclear physics; quantum mechanics; and thermonuclear reactions. Dr. Teller is perhaps best known to the public for his work with the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. His research in nuclear fusion eventually led to the first test of the hydrogen bomb in 1952

Colliding Worlds: Asteroid research and the legitimization of war in space

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The Pursuit of Simplicity

During the academic year 1978-79 the students and faculty of Pepperdine University were privileged to experience this book in the form of five lectures given under the auspices of the Arthur Spitzer Chair of Energy and Management. It is difficult to convey the special quality of those five lectures, the intellectual excitement they generated, the sense of the audience that they were participating in important events. Here was a master teacher, one of the world\u27s great physicists, leading us through the labyrinthine passages of modern science with grace and wit and insight, and always with a profound appreciation of the human consequences of the scientific endeavor. In the clarity of his vision Dr. Teller exemplified his major theme: that science is in essence the pursuit of simplicity. Here then is a completed version of those lectures. The Pursuit of Simplicity is an inspiring book which reminds us of the central role that science plays in improving the human condition.https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/pep-press/1005/thumbnail.jp