I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work. Martin Fleischmann britishcaricaturescience Change image and share on social
I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else. Martin Fleischmann americanbritishclassify Change image and share on social
American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been. Martin Fleischmann americanbritishhierarchical Change image and share on social
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. Martin Fleischmann agebearforward share on social
One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it. Martin Fleischmann songtesttheme Change image and share on social
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. Martin Fleischmann consciouscontributionenormous Change image and share on social
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. Martin Fleischmann cheapexpensiveexperiment Change image and share on social
If you assume that it was a valid experiment, then its disintegration reveals a very substantial part of what has been found since then, including the fact that you can get heat generation at high temperature. Martin Fleischmann assumedisintegrationexperiment share on social
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. Martin Fleischmann coldconsiderationdaddy share on social
I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium. Martin Fleischmann designelectrodeeventually share on social