Early life and work Edward Teller
teller in youth teller left hungary in 1926, partly due discriminatory numerus clausus rule under miklós horthy s regime. political climate , revolutions in hungary during youth instilled lingering animosity both communism , fascism in teller. when young student, right foot severed in streetcar accident in munich, requiring him wear prosthetic foot, , leaving him lifelong limp. werner heisenberg said hardiness of teller s spirit, rather stoicism, allowed him cope accident. teller graduated in chemical engineering @ university of karlsruhe, , received ph.d. in physics under werner heisenberg @ university of leipzig. teller s dissertation dealt 1 of first accurate quantum mechanical treatments of hydrogen molecular ion. in 1930 befriended russian physicists george gamow , lev landau. teller s lifelong friendship czech physicist, george placzek, important scientific , philosophical development. placzek arranged summer stay in rome enrico fermi in 1932, orienting teller s scientific career...