Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface iii
3. Contents v
4. 1 The Race for High Voltage 1
5. 2 Ernest Lawrence and the Cyclotron - An Anecdotal Account 22
6. 3 Synchronous Accelerators and How They Grew 39
7. 4 The Story of Alternating-Gradient Focusing 60
8. 5 Origins of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator 76
9. 6 The 200-GeV Accelerator 88
10. Appendix: Chronology of Development of Particle Accelerators 109
11. References 113
12. Index 119