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The Numbers Game

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Two Hungarians and a Pole. Theworld's s first hydrogen bomb explosion in was made possible by three scientists from eastern Europe. Mathematician Stan Ulam made the calculations needed to triggerthe bomb. Physicist Edward Tellerthen used a computer developed by another mathematician, JohnnyVon Neumann , to complete the job. Fisher Dilke traces their discovery. Director Nick Cory-Wright ; Executive producer
Patrick Uden

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Stan Ulam
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Edward Tellerthen
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Johnnyvon Neumann
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Fisher Dilke
Director:
Nick Cory-Wright
Producer:
Patrick Uden
Source: Radio Times

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