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
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 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
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
Now Stan and I were still working in secret at that time but, because of this development, we had to inform the University of Utah because we thought that they might need to take patent protection. Martin Fleischmann developmentinformpatent 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
Stan and I funded the first phase of the work ourselves. It was secret. Martin Fleischmann fundphasesecret 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
I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely. Martin Fleischmann completelyretiresuppose Change image and share on social