Edward Teller, dubbed the "father of the H-bomb", who played a key role in US defence and energy policies for more than half a century, has died at the age of 95. Teller died in Stanford, California, near the Hoover Institute where he served as a senior research fellow, a spokesman for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory said. He exerted a profound influence on America's defence and energy policies, championing the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear power and the Strategic Defence Initiative. Among honours he received were the Albert Einstein Award, the Enrico Fermi Award and the National Medal of Science.
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