So if I could just go back now to something which I am sure we should cover here regarding our original scenario: we have, in fact, four ways - four major potential lines of research. Martin Fleischmann backcoverfact Change image and share on social
I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid. Martin Fleischmann afraidamericanbritish 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
American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been. Martin Fleischmann americanbritishhierarchical Change image and share on social
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. Martin Fleischmann breakcommunitydevelopment share on social
The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding. Martin Fleischmann demandfieldmechanic Change image and share on social
You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really. Martin Fleischmann conventionalscientist Change image and share on social
I don't know whether you have done your calculations but, about two or three years back, I did a first assessment of what the first successful device would be worth and it came out at about 300 trillion dollars. Martin Fleischmann assessmentbackcalculation 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
