An elevator engineer from Athens (and self-taught physicist) named Nicholas Christofilos showed how the focusing problem could be solved
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However, his letters to Berkeley lab went ignored - their significance overlooked. He filed a patent in 1950 https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2736799&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP …
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The strong focusing technique was independently discovered by Ernest Courant and Hartland Snyder at
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Christofilos received a $10,000 payout in compensation. See page 9 here http://w3.pppl.gov/ppst/docs/coleman.pdf …pic.twitter.com/awPIGerqWH
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