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Fire from Ice : Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor by Eugene F. Mallove (1991, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100471531391
ISBN-139780471531395
eBay Product ID (ePID)1298161
Product Key Features
Book TitleFire from Ice : Searching for the Truth Behind the ColdFusion Furor
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEnergy
Publication Year1991
IllustratorYes
GenreScience
AuthorEugene F. Mallove
Book SeriesScience Editions Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight23 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN91-008036
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal621.48/4
Table Of ContentPrologue: Desperately Seeking Fusion. A Brief History of Hot Fusion. Claiming the ''Impossible22. A Frenzy of Replicators. Dallas and Beyond. The Prehistory of Cold Fusion. The Beginning of Wisdom. Yes, We Have No Neutrons. New Mexico Sunrise. Evidence Builds and Skeptics Dig In. Denial and Acceptance. Approach to an Answer. The Turning Point. Still Under Fire. Wither Cold Fusion'. Fusion Confusion and Scientifico-Media Madness. Hard Lessons in Science. Wither Hot Fusion'. Epilogue. A Fusion Resource Guide. Index
SynopsisIn the spring of 1989, researchers at the University of Utah made an announcement that rocked the scientific community and is still making news today. Is cold fusion myth or reality, and if it does exist, as many scientists now secretly believe, why did its suggestion first meet with such hostility from within the scientific community and the media? In this book are the answers to these questions and many more - explaining the science involved while exposing the inside story of cold fusion. It is a disturbing tale of professional rivalry and mysterious wheeling and dealing in a high-stakes game.
LC Classification NumberQC791.775.C64M35
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- 16 Feb, 2017
A detail description of cold fusion fiasco, with understanding and moderation, yet with painful precision.
This book is a medical description of the Cold Fusion fiasco, describing how the scientific community fall into denial of the complex, but classically complex, phenomenon. It describes not only the various fallacies, but the errors and misconduct, of the opponents but also the supporters of cold fusion. Some communication errors, intrigues, battle of patent and publications, the bad science of the deniers but also their apparent rationality and sincerity sometime. The first 2 month, and to a less way the first year, occupy most of the book, when the denial get frozen and a coherent groupthink that cannot anymore be challenged. This book is much more detailed than "Excess Heat" by Charles Beaudette, and describe the character of various actors with slightly different focus. Even if they tell the same story, it is quite different. This book is more focused on the intrigues, while Beaudette is in fact more focusing on the epistemological fallacies, the experimental errors, the caused of the errors, frauds and tricks, that led to the denial. Again in both book, I am surprised by the moderation of the authors when describing so pathetic fallacies, misconducts, intrigues. This book is a reference. I would anyway prefer "Excess Heat" by Charles Beaudette which is more educative, on epistemology, calorimetry, logic. Even if quite technical, Mallove is more telling a story. To complement Mallove and Beaudette, I would advise people to read the two reference books of Edmund Storms. First book is mostly an experimental review : "The science of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions" which propose a review of all experimental phenomenon identified, but also the experimental challenges, the measurement methods, and finally the list of theories. It is a good textbook for beginner, but don't cover much the history (he make a summary in few pages which is right but hard to swallow if you are fed by the usual disinformation). Second is the book 'The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions", which is focused on theory. Edmund storms make a detailed review of LENR experimental results, then a review of all theories, and of all the theoretical challenges and incoherences that theorists have to face. Finally he propose an approach to find a theory and propose an interesting theory, the only one that I find credible, which respect physics laws, chemistry laws, yet can explain the results. The Special section on LENR in Current Science (a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the India Academy of Science) of 25 February 2015, issue 108 (volume 04) is also a reference to read, with about 30 peer-reviewed article reviewing of the domain. It is Open. Much to read, but anyway Fire from Ice is a perfect beginning, or the second book to read after Excess Heat.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Jul, 2018
Compelling...
This man was murdered... probably for what he was advocating... energy from sea water? So inexpensive others could not allow it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
