Ted Taylor (physicist)
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Theodore Brewster Taylor was an American theoretical physicist, specifically concerning nuclear energy. His higher education included a PhD from Cornell University in theoretical physics. His most not
Taylor in 1965
Mark 18 nuclear bomb
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The Mark 18 nuclear bomb, also known as the SOB or Super Oralloy Bomb, was an American nuclear bomb design which was the highest yield fission bomb produced by the US. The Mark 18 had a design yield o
Ted Taylor (physicist)
…Los Alamos. He designed a nuclear bomb so small that it weighed only 9.1 kilograms (20 lb), but it was never developed and tested. Taylor designed the Super Oralloy Bomb, also known as the "SOB". It still holds the record for the largest fission explosion ever tested (as the Ivy King device tested during Operation Ivy…
The Ivy King test firing of the Mark 18 SOB design