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This chapter presents the personal perspectives of several persons who have played key roles in fusion research and development over many decades.
Let no man say it cannot be done. It must be done and we have undertaken to do it.
—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1942
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Dean, S.O. (2013). Perspectives 2012. In: Search for the Ultimate Energy Source. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6037-4_14
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