Edward Teller
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław Ulam.
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Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław Ulam.
Top Publications
- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines (1953) - 37,615 citations
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers (1938) - 28,270 citations
- On a Theory of the van der Waals Adsorption of Gases (1940) - 4,836 citations
- Stability of polyatomic molecules in degenerate electronic states - I—Orbital degeneracy (1937) - 3,233 citations
- Equation of state calculations by fast computing machines (1953) - 1,812 citations
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- Edward Teller
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5034295195
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- Twentieth Century Scientific Developments, Nuclear physics research studies, Nuclear Issues and Defense, History of Science and Medicine, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
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- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines ↗1953 · The Journal of Chemical Physics37,615OpenAlex citations
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers ↗1938 · Journal of the American Chemical Society28,270OpenAlex citations
- On a Theory of the van der Waals Adsorption of Gases ↗1940 · Journal of the American Chemical Society4,836OpenAlex citations
- Stability of polyatomic molecules in degenerate electronic states - I—Orbital degeneracy ↗1937 · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences3,233OpenAlex citations
- 1,812OpenAlex citations
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- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines ↗1953 · The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers ↗1938 · Journal of the American Chemical Society
- On a Theory of the van der Waals Adsorption of Gases ↗1940 · Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Stability of polyatomic molecules in degenerate electronic states - I—Orbital degeneracy ↗1937 · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Editorial review: 2026-10-07 · Last data update: 2026-10-07 21:00:39
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