Paul Palmer (physicist)
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E. Paul Palmer is a retired Brigham Young University
physicist who specialized in geophysics. He coined the term "cold fusion
". However he was an early critic of Fleischmann
and Pons
's claims to have developed a useful method of cold fusion.
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
physicist who specialized in geophysics. He coined the term "cold fusion
Cold fusion
Cold fusion, also called low-energy nuclear reaction , refers to the hypothesis that nuclear fusion might explain the results of a group of experiments conducted at ordinary temperatures . Both the experimental results and the hypothesis are disputed...
". However he was an early critic of Fleischmann
Martin Fleischmann
Martin Fleischmann is a British chemist noted for his work in electrochemistry. He came to wider public prominence following his controversial publication of work with colleague Stanley Pons on cold fusion using palladium in the 1980s and '90s.-Early life:Born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia,...
and Pons
Stanley Pons
Bobby Stanley Pons is an American-French electrochemist known for his work with Martin Fleischmann on cold fusion in the 1980s and '90s.-Early life:...
's claims to have developed a useful method of cold fusion.
Sources
- New York Times, April 28, 1989
- BYU faculty listing
- http://pages.csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/cf/131history.html
- http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12216633.500-science-rocks-reveal-the-signature-of-fusion-at-the-centreof-the-earth-.html