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He is a famous designer of small [[nuclear weapon]]s, and directed [[nuclear pulse propulsion|Project Orion]], for [[General Atomic]], with his friend [[Lew Allen]] as contract manager. |
He is a famous designer of small [[nuclear weapon]]s, and directed [[nuclear pulse propulsion|Project Orion]], for [[General Atomic]], with his friend [[Lew Allen]] as contract manager. |
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Beginning in [[1966]] he advocated nuclear disarmament, and worked as a consultant to the [[United |
Beginning in [[1966]] he advocated nuclear disarmament, and worked as a consultant to the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]] evaluating the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] in regard to nuclkear non-proliferation. |
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As of 2001, he was retired in [[New York]]. |
As of 2001, he was retired in [[New York]]. |
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Revision as of 15:32, 16 August 2002
Ted Taylor a prominent U.S. Physicist, was born in Mexico city in 1925, the son of a daughter of a congegationalist missionary and a director of the YMCA.
He is a famous designer of small nuclear weapons, and directed Project Orion, for General Atomic, with his friend Lew Allen as contract manager.
Beginning in 1966 he advocated nuclear disarmament, and worked as a consultant to the United States Atomic Energy Commission evaluating the International Atomic Energy Agency in regard to nuclkear non-proliferation.
As of 2001, he was retired in New York.