The Revirth of Cold Fusion
— Real Science, Real Hope, Real Energy —
Steven B. Krivit and Madine Winocur, Psy.D.
Foreword by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Pacific Oaks Press
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Preface
PART ONE: GLOBAL ENERGY, GLOBAL CONCERNS
1. Cold Fusion Basics 3
2. Immense Hope and Skepticism 13
3. Fuel Scarcity and Climate Change 19
4. Nuclear Fission: A Mixed Blessing 29
5. The Overextended Promise of Hot Fusion 35
6. The Limited Promise of Hydrogen 43
7. The Distant Promise of Exotic New Energies 47
PART TWO: A HISTOR[CAL PERSPECTIVE
8. An Overdue Revolution in Science 57
9. The Moment of Discovery 65
10. Con-Fusion 77
11. Ridicule and Violent Opposition 83
12. A Biased 1989 Review Panel 91
13. False Debunking 95
14. MIT's Fumbled (or Worse) Experiments 103
15. Corroborating Evidence 117
16. Cold Fusion: A Forbidden Topic 123
17. Silence and Neglect 133
18. Pathological Criticism 141
19. Fifteen Years of Progress 152
PART THREE: DISCOVERIES AND MYSTERIES
20. Objections Overturned 161
21. Reproducibility 165
22. Nuclear Evidence: Tritium 175
23. Helium-4, a Harmless Byproduct 195
24. Neutrons Found 203
25. The Race for a Nobel Prize-Winning Theory 209
26. Nuclear Energy from Normal Water 213
27. Nuclear Transmutations Through Chemistry 237
28. Technical Summary of Cold Fusion 220
PART FOUR: REFLECTION AND ANTICIPATION
29. Threats to Academic Freedom 229
30. National Security 239
31. Lessons Learned 245
32. Speculation About the Future 249
Appendix A: University Scientists Interviewed or Cited 263
Appendix B: 2003 Survey of Nuclear Transmutations in Cold Fusion Experiments 264
Appendix C: The Scientific Process 265
Endnotes 267
Bibliography 286
Index 291
About the Authors 297
About New Energy Times 298