Dr. Edward Teller, the 54-year-old Jewish physicist who is known as America’s “father of the H-bomb,” was today presented with the 1962 Atomic Energy Commission Enrico Fermi Award worth $50,000.

Hydrogen bombs, considered nuclear weapons, work using a combination of nuclear fission and fusion. Edward Teller led their development in the 1950s.

Physicist Edward Teller gave testimony that led to the revocation of Oppenheimer’s security clearance. The fallout from Teller’s testimony would haunt his reputation for decades.

Physicist Edward Teller, often called the "father of the hydrogen bomb," dies at age 95. Teller spent much of his life defending nuclear weapons and helped convince President Ronald Reagan to ...

The 32nd Annual Edward Teller Lecture and Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Amentum Center for the Performing Arts. The lecture will be followed ...

The scientists: Edward Teller, credited with the theoretical discovery that led to a successful H-bomb, Ernest O. Lawrence, Nobel Prizewinning director of the University of California’s ...

The 31st Annual Edward Teller Lecture and Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the Amentum Center for the Performing Arts, 126 Newberry St. S.W.