Johnson Teller (4 results)

Hardcover. viii, [1], 345 p.; 22 cm. Includes reports from discussions following the addresses. Good lightly spotted orig. gray cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Shelf wear. Foxing to edges. xiv, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. "Edward Teller was a Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the production of the first atomic bomb and the worldâs first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb. He is also known for his extraordinary contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, surface physics and spectroscopy. Teller moved to America in 1935 accepting the position of professor of physics at the George Washington University. His work here included predicting the Jahn-Teller Effect which distorts molecules in certain situations. He also contributed to surface physics and chemistry with the Brunauerâ"Emmettâ"Teller adsorption isotherm equation. Teller became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1941 and became a part of the Manhattan Project during World War II, working on the first atomic bomb with J. Robert Oppenheimer. Teller was also interested creating a fusion weapon (hydrogen bomb) and pressed as hard as he could for its development. In 1946, Teller left Los Alamos to work at the University of Chicago, returning in 1950 when work on developing a hydrogen bomb was finally approved. Teller worked on the hydrogen bomb project, helping devise the Teller-Ulam two stage thermonuclear bomb design. The H-bomb was successfully tested in the Pacific in 1952. In 1952 Teller accepted the position of professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he kept until 1960.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. 320 pages with numerous Tables and Figures. "The possibility of using nuclear explosives for engineering and scientific purposes generates problems not all of which are in the provinces of scientists and engineers. The first major problem is the emotional. The second is political." Chapters on: Nuclear Explosion; Aspects of Energy Transfer; Nuclear Radiation; Plowshare Tests and Phenomenology of Nuclear Explosions; Industrial Uses of Nuclear Explosive: Earth Moving; Other Industrial Uses of Nuclear Explosives and Scientific Applications of Nuclear Explosions." FINE- HARDCOVER, ex-library from Oak Ridge Library, Tennessee. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Withdrawn.

Condition: VG. 1955. Article at pp. 783-787 in single complete issue of The Physical Revew. May 1, 1955 vol 98, no. 3. Included in a complete issue of this journal with many other articles. 4to., original printed wraps. "Oppenheim, A" stamped on front. VG+).