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Best of - Edward Teller: Destroyer of Worlds

What It Takes®

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Embracing Influence and Ignorance in Science

Edward Teller embraced the influence of pioneers like Werner Heisenberg in the field of quantum mechanics, despite initially studying chemical engineering. Teller humbly acknowledges his ignorance compared to his peers in the physics group he joined in Leipzig, attributing his acceptance to a non-official subject in which he excelled.

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