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