During World War II he worked on the Manhattan Project with J. Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller, developing the mathematical models behind the explosive lenses used in the implosion-type nuclear weapon. After the war, he served on the General Advisory Committee of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and later as one of its commissioners. He was a consultant to a number of organizations, including the United States Air Force, the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Along with theoretical physicist Edward Teller, mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, and others, he worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involved in thermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb. COUNT 4
QSN1 With whom did Von Neumann work on the Manhattan Project? ANS1 J. Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller QSN2 Post World War II, in what role did Von Neumann work? ANS2 General Advisory Committee of the United States Atomic Energy Commission QSN3 For what organizations was Von Neumann a consultant after World War II? ANS3 United States Air Force, the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory QSN4 What keys steps did Von Neumann work out that contributed to weapons of war? ANS4 key steps in the nuclear physics involved in thermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb