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Edward Teller (Hungarian: Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", even though he claimed he did not care for the title. Teller made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy (the Jahn–Teller and Renner–Teller effects), and surface physics. His extension of Fermi's theory of beta decay (in the form of the so-called Gamow–Teller transitions) provided an important stepping stone in the applications of this theory. The Jahn–Teller effect and the BET theory have retained their original formulation and are still mainstays in physics and chemistry. Teller also made contributions to Thomas–Fermi theory, the precursor of density functional theory, a standard modern tool in the quantum mechanical treatment of complex molecules. In 1953, along with Nicholas Metropolis and Marshall Rosenbluth, Teller co-authored a paper which is a standard starting point for the applications of the Monte Carlo method to statistical mechanics.
Actors: Brannigan Carter (editor), Brannigan Carter (composer), Brannigan Carter (director), Brannigan Carter (writer), Brannigan Carter (producer), Daniel Williams (producer), Daniel Williams (actor), Rook Parthum (producer), Brandy Jones (actress), Tina Edwards (producer), Aaron Charles (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Nick Fraser (producer), David Grubin (director), David Grubin (writer), Campbell Scott (actor), David Grubin (producer), Joseph McCarthy (actor), Dan Cogan (producer), Michael Stuhlbarg (actor), Boyd Gaines (actor), Michael Cumpsty (actor), Kate Taverna (editor), Daniel Gerroll (actor), Mark Samels (producer), J. Robert Oppenheimer (actor), Deborah Peretz (editor),
Plot: J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, ambition, anti-communism, archive-footage, arms-race, atomic-bomb, atomic-explosion, cold-warActors: Peter Sellars (writer), Peter Sellars (miscellaneous crew), Peter Sellars (director), Gerald Finley (actor), Lucinda Childs (miscellaneous crew), Dunya Ramicova (costume designer), Jessica Rivera (actress), Ferenc van Damme (producer), Koor van De Nederlandse Opera (actor), Eric Owens (actor), Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest (actor), Thomas Glenn (actor), Frank van Praag (producer), Ellen Rabiner (actress), James Maddalena (actor),
Genres: Drama, Musical,Actors: Hanns Zischler (actor), Hans Teuscher (actor), Gerry Wolff (actor), Udo Samel (actor), Jürgen Hentsch (actor), Götz Schubert (actor), Ulrich Mühe (actor), Fred Düren (actor), Rolf Hoppe (actor), Hans Peter Hallwachs (actor), Christian Doermer (actor), Hans Korte (actor), Walter Kreye (actor), Frank Beyer (director), Günther Fischer (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Gary Reineke (actor), Michael J. Reynolds (actor), Ken Pogue (actor), Barnard Hughes (actor), Brian Dennehy (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Olek Krupa (actor), Tom Butler (actor), David Ferry (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Hume Cronyn (actor), Lawrence Dane (actor), Arthur Holden (actor), Tony Shalhoub (actor), George R. Robertson (actor),
Plot: Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, atomic-bomb, based-on-book, based-on-novel, chicago-illinois, cold-war, detonation, england, espionageActors: Alan Oppenheimer (actor), Logan Ramsey (actor), Paul Newman (actor), Allan Corduner (actor), John C. McGinley (actor), Walker Edmiston (actor), Madison Mason (actor), Matthew Faison (actor), John Cusack (actor), Todd Field (actor), Clark Gregg (actor), Ed Lauter (actor), John Considine (actor), Fred Dalton Thompson (actor), Dwight Schultz (actor),
Plot: In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship.
Keywords: 1940s, american-soldier, atomic-bomb, desert, independent-film, los-alamos, manhattan-project, military, nuclear, nuclear-bombActors: Jean-Gabriel Nordmann (actor), Leslie Nielsen (actor), Barry Morse (actor), Jean-Paul Muel (actor), Predrag Manojlovic (actor), Relja Basic (actor), Denis Manuel (actor), Maury Chaykin (actor), Lloyd Bochner (actor), Charles Millot (actor), Bruno Balp (actor), Michael Ironside (actor), Pier Paolo Capponi (actor), Vincent Grass (actor), Jacques Perrin (actor),
Plot: A dramatization of the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb at the close of World War Two. This series follows the development of the project, from Leo Szilard's first conception of the power within the atom, to the power struggles between J. Robert Oppenheimer, the project's science leader, and General Leslie Groves, the project's military commander.
Keywords: communist-infiltrator, docudrama, nazi, nuclear-war, nuclear-weapons, physics, science, scientist, spy, tv-mini-seriesActors: Petar Banicevic (actor), Djordje Jelisic (actor), Rade Markovic (actor), Svetolik Nikacevic (actor), Branko Plesa (actor), Vladimir Popovic (actor), Predrag Tasovac (actor), Marko Todorovic (actor), Janez Vrhovec (actor), Milos Zutic (actor), Stojan Decermic (actor), Arsenije Jovanovic (director), Jovan Milicevic (actor), Dusan Bulajic (actor), Filip David (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Gerhard Klingenberg (director), Hans Epskamp (actor), Robert Freitag (actor), Hans Karl Friedrich (actor), Konrad Georg (actor), Friedrich Joloff (actor), Alexander Kerst (actor), Carl Lange (actor), Charles Regnier (actor), Siegfried Wischnewski (actor), Franz Kutschera (actor), Heinz Frölich (actor), Hanns Ernst Jäger (actor), Georg Peter-Pilz (actor), Kaspar Brüninghaus (actor),
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