The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...

Richard L. Garwin, an architect of America’s hydrogen bomb, who shaped defense policies for postwar governments and laid the groundwork for insights into the structure of the universe as well as for ...

Richard “Dick” Garwin, the designer of the hydrogen bomb and an advisor to a dozen US presidents, passed away on May 13, 2025, at age 97. At 21, Garwin obtained his doctorate from the University of ...