Fusion pioneer Fred Coensgen passes at age 88.(death of Frederic H. Coensgen )(Obituary)
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08
Publication Title: Fusion Power Report
Format: Online

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Frederic H. Coensgen passed away November 18, 2007 following a short illness. He was 88. He was a pioneer fusion research scientist, beginning his career at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1949.

During the 1950s, he built two of the earliest magnetic mirror experiments, Toy Top I and II, which demonstrated the concept of magnetic compression for...

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