New book on the history of fusion neglects part of the story
19 Jan 2009
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Sabina Griffith
In his recently published book Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking author Charles Seife argues that the grand hopes put on fusion research push scientists to make unjustified claims of major advances. "But in pursuing the controversies generated by a few isolated individuals, Sun in a Bottle neglects the more important story of the wider fusion community," says Jean Jacquinot who reviewed Seife's book for the magazine Nature.