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Manhattan Project

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1942

Edward TellerJuly 1942

Science / Physics

Robert Oppenheimer convenes a summer conference at the University of California, Berkeley to discuss the design of a fission bomb, Edward Teller brings up the possibility of a hydrogen bomb as a major point of discussion

Names involved

Edward Teller

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