Van de Graaff, the man and his accelerators

FEB 01, 1967

The scientist whose name has become associated with a class of electrostatic generators used throughout the world has continued to develop improved accelerator designs and to pursue his early ambition of fusing heavy elements.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034150

E. Alfred Burrill

LAST SUMMER Robert J. Van de Graaff received the 1966 Tom W. Bonner Prize “for his contribution to and continued development of the electrostatic accelerator, a device that has immeasurably advanced nuclear physics.” The occasion was the banquet ceremony of the American Physical Society meeting in Mexico City, held jointly with the Mexican and Canadian Physical Societies.

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E. Alfred Burrill, High Voltage Engineering Corporation.