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I am guilty of the great crime of optimism.

Edward Teller

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Edward Teller
Age: 95 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 15
Died: 2003
Died: September 9
Inventor
Non-Fiction Writer
Nuclear Physicist
Physicist
Theoretical Physicist
University Teacher
Buda Pest
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