edward-teller // Intelligence Entity

Summary

Edward Teller (1908-2003): 'Father of the hydrogen bomb.' Co-founded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Mentor to Lowell Wood. With Wood, sold Reagan administration on nuclear-powered x-ray laser ('Excalibur') for SDI. Wrote to Reagan's Science Adviser (Keyworth, Dec 1983), Ambassador Nitze, and NSC Advisor McFarlane (Dec 1984) promoting x-ray laser. LLNL scientist Woodruff resigned over Teller/Wood 'overly optimistic and technically incorrect' claims. Teller described as 'technical optimist' by LLNL Director Batzel. Teller-Wood lineage: Teller (H-bomb) → Wood (x-ray laser, Brilliant Pebbles) → SDI → Shiva Star → MARAUDER → FRCHX → 'orb.' Teller founded LLNL, which hosted Astron, RACE, NIF, and Brilliant Pebbles.

Deep Dive Analysis

Overview

Edward Teller (1908-2003): 'Father of the hydrogen bomb.' Co-founded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Mentor to Lowell Wood. With Wood, sold Reagan administration on nuclear-powered x-ray laser ('Excalibur') for SDI. Wrote to Reagan's Science Adviser (Keyworth, Dec 1983), Ambassador Nitze, and NSC Advisor McFarlane (Dec 1984) promoting x-ray laser. LLNL scientist Woodruff resigned over Teller/Wood 'overly optimistic and technically incorrect' claims. Teller described as 'technical optimist' by LLNL Director Batzel. Teller-Wood lineage: Teller (H-bomb) → Wood (x-ray laser, Brilliant Pebbles) → SDI → Shiva Star → MARAUDER → FRCHX → 'orb.' Teller founded LLNL, which hosted Astron, RACE, NIF, and Brilliant Pebbles.

Entity Type: Individual — Edward Teller is profiled as a key figure in the research network.

Network Relationships

Edward Teller connects to 2 entities in the intelligence network:

Organisations (1):

→ LLNL: Founded LLNL

Persons (1):

→ Lowell Wood: Mentor — 'father of H-bomb' mentored 'father of Brilliant Pebbles'

Source Documents

Intelligence derived from 3 source documents:

GAO NSIAD-88-181BR — Teller letters to Keyworth, Nitze, McFarlane
Seattle Times — 'Meet The Father Of Brilliant Pebbles' (1992)
LLNL archives

Key Findings

▸ Entity Type: Individual — Edward Teller is profiled as a key figure in the research network.
▸ → Lowell Wood: Mentor — 'father of H-bomb' mentored 'father of Brilliant Pebbles'
▸ GAO NSIAD-88-181BR — Teller letters to Keyworth, Nitze, McFarlane
▸ Seattle Times — 'Meet The Father Of Brilliant Pebbles' (1992)

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lowell-wood

PERSON

→ Mentor — 'father of H-bomb' mentored 'father of Brilliant Pebbles'

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llnl

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→ Founded LLNL

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Source Documents (3)

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Edward Teller (1908-2003): 'Father of the hydrogen bomb.' Co-founded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Mentor to Lowell Wood. With Wood, sold Reagan administration on nuclear-powered x-ray laser ('Excalibur') for SDI. Wrote to Reagan's Science Adviser (Keyworth, Dec 1983), Ambassador Nitze, and NSC Advisor McFarlane (Dec 1984) promoting x-ray laser. LLNL scientist Woodruff resigned over Teller/Wood 'overly optimistic and technically incorrect' claims. Teller described as 'technical optimist' by LLNL Director Batzel. Teller-Wood lineage: Teller (H-bomb) → Wood (x-ray laser, Brilliant Pebbles) → SDI → Shiva Star → MARAUDER → FRCHX → 'orb.' Teller founded LLNL, which hosted Astron, RACE, NIF, and Brilliant Pebbles.

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edward-teller is directly connected to 2 entities in the network graph, including lowell-wood, llnl. These connections represent documented relationships such as Mentor — 'father of H-bomb' mentored 'father of Brilliant Pebbles', Founded LLNL. Explore the full network using the interactive graph for complete relationship mapping.

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