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Author Storms, Edmund.

Title The science of low energy nuclear reaction : a comprehensive compilation of evidence and explanations about cold fusion / Edmund Storms.

Publication Info. Singapore : World Scientific, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 312 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-305) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. History as seen from the Los Alamos National Laboratory -- and beyond -- 3. Personal experience investigating cold fusion -- 4. What is known or believed? -- 5. Where does cold fusion occur and what influences its behavior? -- 6. What conditions initiate cold fusion? -- 7. What is detected and how is it measured? -- 8. Explanations, the hopes and dreams of theoreticians -- 9. What should happen next? -- 10. Brief summary of cold fusion -- App. A. Calculation of the "neutral potential" -- App. B. Construction and evaluation of a seebeck calorimeter -- App. C. What makes palladium special? -- App. D. Conference proceedings -- App. E. Enrichment of tritium during electrolysis -- App. F. Methods for measuring the amount of hydrogen (deuterium) in palladium.
Summary One of the most important discoveries of this century - cold fusion - was summarily rejected by science and the media before sufficient evidence had been accumulated to make a rational judgment possible. Enough evidence is now available to show that this rejection was wrong and that the discovery of a new source of clean energy may help solve some serious problems currently facing mankind. The book catalogues and evaluates this evidence and shows why the initial reaction was driven more by self-interest than fact. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the history and science behind the cold fusion controversy. In addition to the technological importance of the effect, the discovery of new ways to initiate nuclear reactions without producing significant radiation reveals an entirely new mechanism operating at the nuclear level in solid material. This new mechanism has important implications for an understanding of many other phenomena.
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Subject Cold fusion.
Cold fusion.
Cold fusion -- Research -- History.
Cold fusion -- Research.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Storms, Edmund. Science of low energy nuclear reaction. Singapore : World Scientific, ©2007 9812706208 (DLC) 2007299372 (OCoLC)187300588
ISBN 9789812772060 (electronic book)
9812772065 (electronic book)
1281911917
9781281911919
9812706208
9789812706201