If you prefer to read: https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-nuclear-bom

The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About

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an insane weapon that i have heard about

anyway teller just wanted to make biggest boom possible and had a bad habit (for a scientist) of clinging to his original idea even when it was proven unworkable. "just make it bigger, then it'll work" it never worked and never could. he also stole credit from ulam and was personal enemy of oppenheimer