ng supercomputers and establishing simulation as a worthy partner with theory and experiment. In the 1950s and 1960s, however, computation in physics was not regarded as entirely respectable. “Real physicists worked with equations, not programs,” says Livermore physicist Mal Kalos. “Teller understood better.”
Reflecting Teller’s Style
Perhaps the words of President George W. Bush, when he presented Teller with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, best describe this giant of a man: “For a long life of brilliant achievement and patriotic service, America is in debt to Dr. Edward Teller.”
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