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“ I’ll Take That Bet

The scientists set up a betting pool on what the results of the test would be. How big of a blast would it create measured in kilotons of TNT, or would the test be a dud? For instance, Edward Teller (Hungarian-American physicist) was the most optimistic, predicting 45 kilotons of TNT. Norman Ramsey Jr. chose zero (a complete dud), Robert Oppenheimer chose 0.3 kilotons of TNT. Ultimately, the scientist who had the guess 18 kilotons of TNT turned out to be the winner (Isador Rabi). “

Edward Teller was Teller’s uncle. Teller from Penn and Teller who is a friend of mine.

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Wow! So hlad to know that! I've met him several times and he's very well spoken and intelligent.

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