In 1958 Edward Teller, a creator of the hydrogen bomb, suggested using nuclear explosions to dig a harbor near Cape Thompson, Alaska.

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The most significant work was done by Eugene Wigner (who came from Hungary), George Gamow (Russia), Felix Bloch (Switzerland), Hans Bethe (Germany), Edward Teller (Hungary), and Victor Weisskopf (Austria).

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Edward Teller felt some sympathy for the politicians who had to decide whether to proceed with these fearsome weapons with no more than the vaguest idea how they worked.

ECONOMIST: Edward Teller