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Edward Teller

SOURCE: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
10/29/2021

The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Nuclear Bomb

by Alex Wellerstein

Read a detailed account of the moment in the Cold War when the United States and Soviet Union contemplated, then developed and tested, nuclear weapons of horrifying power.

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Edward Teller

The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Nuclear Bomb

by Alex Wellerstein