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Title: Excess Heat: Why Cold Fusion Research Prevailed by Charles G. Beaudette, David J. Nagel, Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0-9678548-1-4 Publisher: Oak Grove Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must for a teacher
Comment: I am a teacher. Several months ago I received an e-mail message from a high school student. The girl wrote; ". . . In my chemistry class, I am doing a project on Cold Fusion.. . . I was wondering if you could give me some advice or information?. . ." Beaudette's book is an excellent summary of what has been done in the field of Cold Fusion since 1989. It is a must for any teacher who is interested in the subject.
In addition to summarizing results of many interesting projects the author offers several philosophical observations about scientific methodology and protocols used in various scientific disciplines. Referring to the Cold Fusion controversy he writes: "to discard a well made observation is to violate modern protocol [scientific methodology]. If widely practiced, such a course would quickly undo science. The most interesting and perplexing observations, though accurately measured, would have to be refused by the scientific community because their cause was obscure. Does this mean that any claim of observation must be accepted as worthy of scientific study? Certainly not. It means something quite different. It means that the controversy must center about the quality of the measurements and not about the source or cause of the phenomenon. . . If conflicting data is prohibited from contention, then theories are no longer falsifible. Were it to enable such practice, science would evolve into secular theology."
Beaudette's book has many other interesting observations and quotes, together with the scientific background of major cold fusion researchers. It certainly deserves a place in libraries, especially in high schools and universities. The level is appropriate for an educated layman.
Rating: 5
Summary: the definitive reference
Comment: As a journalist covering cold fusion, I turned again and again to this book to check or confirm facts, data, dates, chronologies, and other details and have found it to be the definitive resource in the field. Written by an engineer and vetted by scientists who participated in cold fusion research, the book is an indispensable guide to anyone interested in the history, data, issues, and future of this subject. Recommended without reservation.
Rating: 5
Summary: Truth in Science: Future University Required Reading
Comment: I have read this book, "Excess Heat". I simply could not lay it down until I had finished it entirely. During the process of reading it, I kept repeating to myself (and my captive wife) how excellent a job "this man" did on setting down in philosophically logical terms the convincing facts and logic of the science of cold fusion. At one point I remarked to my wife that "this man" must have taken Apologetics in college and received an "A" mark, but then I remembered that such courses might not have been offered at our Alma Mater (MIT). I was impressed with the way the heretical errors developed, flourished and were brought out in clear plain logic in the book. I want to humbly congratulate the author on such a masterful account of what has happened in this important field. I predict this book will be required reading in some of the "truly best", finest universities in the future. Historically, it will be recorded that Beaudette wrote the truth at a time when science was a bit confused and not quite willing to accept it right away. Slowly it will gain momentum, understanding and finally acceptance. Congratulations on a book that is very well written with class, authority, and no doubt, with hard work, the old fashion way: a book for all seasons.
Dr. Michael R. Staker, P.E.
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Title: Nuclear Transmutation: The Reality of Cold Fusion by Tadahiko Mizuno, Jed Rothwell, Eugene Mallove ISBN: 1892925001 Publisher: Infinite Energy Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Fire from Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor by Eugene J. Mallove, Dr. Eugene Mallove ISBN: 1892925028 Publisher: Infinite Energy Press Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Quest for Zero Point Energy Engineering Principles for Free Energy by Moray B. King ISBN: 0932813941 Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press Pub. Date: 30 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Hunt for Zero Point : Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology by NICK COOK ISBN: 0767906276 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind ISBN: 0743255453 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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