Word: nicks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Brookhaven scientists gave Nick Christofilos a job and appreciation, but he did not stay with them long. He had ideas about the biggest problem in applied physics-how to generate controlled fusion power-and Brookhaven had no such program. In 1956 he took his scheme for a fusion reactor to the University of California, which had become acquainted with his yeasty mind eight years before...
...Astron, at super-secret Livermore Laboratory in the green hills southeast of Berkeley. His idea of trapping electrons in the earth's magnetic field grew out of Astron, which is designed to trap ionized particles in a magnetic field in a laboratory rather than on a global scale. Nick's paper proposing Project Argus, written in late 1957, was not published except in classified form, and not all scientists agree that it was the first such proposal. Professor Fred Singer of the University of Maryland is said to have written an earlier paper but kept it secret...
...scientist remarked frostily: "Well, my contacts have been with other members of the scientific fraternity, and Christofilos really isn't a member.") Christofilos takes his position in stride. For relaxation he drives his car (a 1957 Pontiac) or plays the piano loud. "For Nick," says a colleague, "all pieces are written fortissimo...
Foster and captain Joe Noble were the mainstays of the squad and both will graduate in June, leaving huge gaps to fill for next season. Among the other regulars or semi-regulars, Dave Skeels, King Holmes and Rick Sullivan are also seniors, leaving Carl Kludt (130), John Watkins (137), Nick Estabrook (147) and heavy-weights Ted Robbins and Bob wirke as the experienced nucleus of next year's squad...
...Nick Estabrook, at 147, meets a field which includes Lehigh's defending champion, Dick Santoro, while King Holmes, at 157, faces--among other tough men--Bill Macaleer of Princeton, who pinned him in a dual meet. Rick Sullivan, at 167, and heavyweight Ted Robbins or Bob Wynne face similarly tough jobs, although Robbins in particular has been impressive during the season...