Collaboration in fusion - a Princeton perspective

The author discusses the applications of collaboration and friendly competition in fusion research. He gives an account of Lyman Spitzer's Model-A stellarator. The Model-C machine is described in detail. A Lawson diagram, showing the improvement in both ion temperatures and the product of density and confinement time from 1953 to 1987, is presented. The Compact Ignition Tokamak is also discussed.