Author Bromberg, Joan Lisa.

Title Fusion : science, politics, and the invention of a new energy source / Joan Lisa Bromberg.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1982.
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 Monograph Collection  QC791.73 .B76 1982  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, [2], 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-323) and index.
Contents Inventing a new energy source -- The initiators -- Project Sherwood -- The problem of instability -- A Sherwood spectacular -- Watershed -- The mirror confronts instability -- The doldrums -- Tokamak -- Fusion enters the energy marketplace -- The transition to big science -- Choosing among approaches -- Which way to the future? A glossary of magnetic fusion terms -- A chronology of major experiments -- Abbreviations in notes -- Interviewees and interview dates in notes.
Subject(s) Controlled fusion.
Nuclear energy -- United States -- 20th century.