Martin Fleischmann
Martin Fleischmann
Martin Fleischmann FRSwas a British chemist noted for his work in electrochemistry. Premature announcement of his cold fusion research with Stanley Pons, regarding excess heat in heavy water, caused a media sensation although they continued their interest and research in cold fusion...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 March 1927
cells fuel matter
It doesn't matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if you could achieve them they would be extremely valuable.
worthwhile experiments expensive
It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.
thinking mind age
It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.
fields problem replacements
The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.
scientist conventional
You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.
song tests theme
One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.
tree facts scientist
Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.
thinking daddy fusion
Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around.
utah secret patents
Now Stan and I were still working in secret at that time but, because of this development, we had to inform the University of Utah because we thought that they might need to take patent protection.
break-through ideas two
Usually, if you have a new idea, you very rarely break through to anything like recognizable development or implementation of that idea the first time around - it takes two or three goes for the research community to return to the topic.