Teller
Teller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth14 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
education science men
In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land."
simple hydrogen-bomb physics
Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.
defeat enormous ifs
I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.
science technology today
Today's science is tomorrow's technology.
fighting winning years
My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
jobs responsibility science
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist's job to find the ways in which these laws can serve the human will. However, it is not the scientist's job to determine whether a hydrogen bomb should be constructed, whether it should be used, or how it should be used. This responsibility rests with the American people and with their chosen representatives.
russia firsts bombs
If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian.
catastrophe visible
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
hate believe doubt
I hate doubt, yet I am certain that doubt is the only way to approach anything worth believing in.
stars taken science
There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more seriously than they should be.
moving believe mean
In the history of physics, there have been three great revolutions in thought that first seemed absurd yet proved to be true. The first proposed that the earth, instead of being stationary, was moving around at a great and variable speed in a universe that is much bigger than it appears to our immediate perception. That proposal, I believe, was first made by Aristarchos two millenia ago ... Remarkably enough, the name Aristarchos in Greek means best beginning.
two may paradox
Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution.
addiction accepted secrecy
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
science order simplicity
Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.