Talk:Edward Teller

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Comparison with Ronald Richter

I have been reading "Atomic Adventures – Secret Islands, Forgotten N–Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science" by James Mahaffey. In this book, he makes a comparison between Ronald Richter and Edward Teller. Both "sold" their outlandish ideas to their respective political heads - Richter to Argentinian president Peron, and Teller to Regan. I am wondering, whether this fact could be included here. It might be bordering on original research. It is however backed up by one book. Kindly advise. Thanks. Neotaruntius (talk) 04:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Featured Article Review notice

This article has several issues that threaten its Featured Article status, and should be pretty clear when compared to other physicist FAs like J. Robert Oppenheimer. Some issues include:

• A lead that is unbalanced and gives undue weight to certain aspects of his work, like the "Alarm Clock model bomb".
• A sometime excessive reliance on quotes, as in the 'Decision to drop the bombs' subsection.
• Sources that simply aren't FA quality, like Collider of DailyTech.
• The sequence and division subsections seems a little sporadic. For instance, his "volatile personality" is highlighted in the lead. There could be a 'Personality' section (like on John Ford's article]]) that might more cohesively integrate material like the Fonda heart attack allegation in the "Three Mile Island" section. Further, could all of the nuclear research be under a single section? And so on.
• The prose is often lacking and summary style is needed in some parts.
• Alt text is needed for the images.

I hope these can be addressed before escalation to FAR. ~ HAL333 21:13, 3 May 2025 (UTC)