Abstract
If electricity has catalyzed the development of 20th-century technology, then magnetism promises equal innovations for the 21st century. This bold statement was written in a 1994 dedication ceremony brochure for the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) in Tallahassee, Fla. Today, no one at the lab seems to be able to recall that statement, or remember who wrote it; nor is anyone willing to take credit for it. A couple of researchers at the lab even call the statement a bit glib, written by someone overanxious for something clever to say. But the statement embodies the atmosphere of high hopes that permeates the laboratory. High hopes for the future were all that was promised when the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a contract to a Floridabased consortium in 1990 to build and operate NHMFL. NSF's decision to locate the lab in Florida rather than at Massachusetts Institute of Technology—which was already ...
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