Physics of Fully Ionized Gases Second Revised Edition

Written in 1955, this classic graduate-level volume was the first general but simple introduction to the fields of plasma and fusion research, and it has served as a valuable reference ever since. Lyman Spitzer, Jr., (1914-97) was the first to propose the idea of placing a large telescope in space and the driving force behind the development of the Hubble Space Telescope. Founder and director of Princeton's Plasma Physics Laboratory, a pioneering program in controlled thermonuclear research, he taught and inspired a generation of plasma physicists.