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''Note: This article is for the physicist. For the [[ice hockey]] player see [[Ted Taylor (hockey player)]].'' For the Mayor see [[Bournemouth]].'' |
''Note: This article is for the physicist. For the [[ice hockey]] player see [[Ted Taylor (hockey player)]].'' For the Mayor see [[Bournemouth]].'' |
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'''Theodore Taylor''' |
'''Theodore Brewster Taylor''' ([[1925]]–[[2004]]), was a prominent U.S. [[physics|physicist]] and [[nuclear weapon]]s designer. |
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He was born in [[Mexico City]], the son of a daughter of a [[Congregationalism|congregationalist]] [[missionary]] and a director of the [[YMCA]]. From [[1943]] to [[1946]] he served on active duty in the [[US Navy]]. He received a PhD from [[Cornell University]] in [[1954]]. |
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He is known for doing stupid things, saying stupid things, beeing and asshole in class, and general "Retardedness". His actions have come to be known as "Ted Taylorisms". You should avoid Ted Taylorism at all times because if your are like Ted, you will been viewed as a retard and have no friends. |
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From [[1948]] to [[1956]] he worked at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], where he gained some fame as a designer of small, efficient [[nuclear weapon]]s. In [[1956]] he moved to [[General Atomics]], where he directed [[nuclear pulse propulsion|Project Orion]], with his friend [[Lew Allen]] as contract manager. He also was involved in the design of small [[nuclear reactors]] to produce radioactive isotopes for medical use, the [[TRIGA]] reactors. He led the team that designed the largest pure fission bomb ever detonated, the Super [[Oralloy]] Bomb ("SOB"), which had a yield of 500 killotons. |
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Ted Taylor is a preverted SOB. He is prevered becuase of some "activities" he did with his mom when he was only a few years old. |
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After the end of Project Orion, he worked for the [[Defense Atomic Support Agency]], involved with controlling the US stockpile of nuclear weapons. Beginning in [[1966]] he advocated [[nuclear disarmament]], and worked as a consultant to the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]] from [[1966]] to [[1968]] evaluating the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] in regard to nuclear non-proliferation. He worked as a visiting professor at [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] and [[Princeton University]]; in addition to nuclear proliferation, a topic on which he wrote several books, he studied [[renewable energy]] and [[energy conservation]]. |
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As of [[2001]], he was retired in [[New York City]]. He died on [[October 28]][[2004]] of coronary artery disease. |
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[[Category:1925 births|Taylor, Ted]] |
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==Further reading== |
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*[[John McPhee]], ''The Curve of [[Binding energy|Binding Energy]]'', Ballantine, 1973, 1974. ISBN 0-345-28000-8, This book about proliferation is largely an account of Taylor's ideas, including his idea that it is "easy" for rogue actors to produce nuclear bombs. |
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Revision as of 01:42, 29 March 2006
Note: This article is for the physicist. For the ice hockey player see Ted Taylor (hockey player). For the Mayor see Bournemouth.
Theodore Brewster Taylor (1925–2004), was a prominent U.S. physicist and nuclear weapons designer.
He was born in Mexico City, the son of a daughter of a congregationalist missionary and a director of the YMCA. From 1943 to 1946 he served on active duty in the US Navy. He received a PhD from Cornell University in 1954.
From 1948 to 1956 he worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he gained some fame as a designer of small, efficient nuclear weapons. In 1956 he moved to General Atomics, where he directed Project Orion, with his friend Lew Allen as contract manager. He also was involved in the design of small nuclear reactors to produce radioactive isotopes for medical use, the TRIGA reactors. He led the team that designed the largest pure fission bomb ever detonated, the Super Oralloy Bomb ("SOB"), which had a yield of 500 killotons.
After the end of Project Orion, he worked for the Defense Atomic Support Agency, involved with controlling the US stockpile of nuclear weapons. Beginning in 1966 he advocated nuclear disarmament, and worked as a consultant to the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1966 to 1968 evaluating the International Atomic Energy Agency in regard to nuclear non-proliferation. He worked as a visiting professor at University of California, Santa Cruz and Princeton University; in addition to nuclear proliferation, a topic on which he wrote several books, he studied renewable energy and energy conservation.
As of 2001, he was retired in New York City. He died on October 282004 of coronary artery disease.
Further reading
- John McPhee, The Curve of Binding Energy, Ballantine, 1973, 1974. ISBN 0-345-28000-8, This book about proliferation is largely an account of Taylor's ideas, including his idea that it is "easy" for rogue actors to produce nuclear bombs.