Another Fowler
DOI: 10.1063/pt.kvvl.gvgg
The recent letter to the editor from Victor van Lint ( Physics Today,December 2024, page 11 ) warrants a follow-up: There was yet another Fowler at Los Alamos, Joseph L. Fowler, who during the 1940s used measurements of magnetic-flux compression to discern the dynamics of explosively driven metal shells. That work was a precursor to magnetic-flux-compression generator development led by Clarence “Max” Fowler around 1960. Max remarked to me around 1971 that Fowler was a very common name, but not as generally common as variations on “Martin,” such as “Martino” and “Martinez.”
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Peter J. Turchi, (nmturchi1@aol.com) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
