Philosophical and social aspects of the cold fusion controversy

Kowalski, L.

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Philosophical and social aspects of the cold fusion controversy

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Filozoficzne i społeczne aspekty nieporozumień na temat zimnej fuzji

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The area of research known as Cold Fusion (CF) has been the arena of a science-and-society feud since 1989, as described by Stephen Ritter in a recent issue of Chemical and Engineering News (1).The conflict is very unusual in terms of duration, the caliber of combatants, and the deviation from basic principles of scientific methodology of validation of claims. The purpose of this article is to comment on methodological mistakes made during the still- ongoing feud among scientists.

Obszar badań znany pod nazwą zimnej fuzji (z jęz. ang. cold fusion) jest przedmiotem sporu naukowo- społecznego od 1989 r. - jak opisał to Stephen Ritter w ostatnim wydaniu Chemical and Engineering News (1). Spór ten jest bardzo niezwykły pod względem długości jego trwania, kalibru uczestników, a także odstępstw od podstawowych zasad metodologii naukowej uzasadniania twierdzeń naukowych. Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia komentarz na temat błędów metodologicznych popełnionych w trakcie nadal trwającego sporu między naukowcami.

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Cold Fusion scientific method Fleischmann Martin Pons Stanley LENR CMNS

zimna fuzja Scientific Method Fleischmann Pons LENR CMNS

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Polskie Towarzystwo Nukleoniczne

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2017

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z. 2

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12--19

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Bibliogr. 25 poz., fot.

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Kowalski L.

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[1] S. Ritter, “Cold Fusion Died 25 years Ago, but the Research Lives On, Volume 94 Issue 44 | pp. 34-39, November 7, 2016. Also available online, at: http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i44/Cold-fusion-died-25-years.html
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[3] J.R. Huizenga, “Cold Fusion: The Scientific Fiasco of the Century, “Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1993.
[4] M. Fleischmann, B.S. Pons and M. Hawkins, J. Electroanal. Chem., 261, 301, 1989.
[5] F.D. Peat, “Cold Fusion”, Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1989.
[6] E.F. Mallove, “Fire from Ice: Searching for Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1991.
[7] F. Close, “Too Hot to Handle: the Race for Cold Fusion,” Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1991
[8] G. Taubes, “Bad A Science: the Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion,” Random House, New Park, 1993.
[9] Robert L. Park, “ Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud,” Oxford University Press, USA (November 15, 2001)
[10] Jed Rothwell, “Cold Fusion and the Future;” 2004; Amazon Kindle Book; also online, at http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJcoldfusiona.pdf
[11] E. Storms, “The Science of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction: A Comprehensive Compilation of Evidence and Explanations About Cold Fusion,” World Scientific, 2007 (seeamazon.com).
[12] L. Kowalski, “ Cold Fusion: Reality or Fiction,” Progress in Physics, April 2012, L17-L19.
[13] Driscoll J. et al. “Issues Related to Reproducibility in a CMNS Experiment.” Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, 2011, v. 5, 34-41.
[14] L. Kowalski, “Rossi’s Reactors - Reality or Fiction?” Progress in Physics, 2012, v. 1, 33-35. Also see: http://www.ptep-online.com/index_files/2012/PP-28-07.PDF
[15] Popper K.R. “Science as Falsification;” 1963, at: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/popper_falsification.html
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[17] Fleischmann M. Private conversation in 2003, after his presentation: “Background to Cold Fusion: The Genesis of a Concept” in: Proceedings of the 10th Internationl Conference on Cold Fusion, World Scientific, 2006. Also see H. Lietz and S. Krivit at: http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/cf/208fleischmann.html
[18] DOE-1989 report: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/ERABreportofth.pdf
[19] L. Kowalski L., “History Of Attempts To Publish A Paper,” 6/29/2004, http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/cf/154rejections.html
[20] DOE-2004 report: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/DOEreportofth.pdf, Also see C.Q. Choi, “Back to Square One,” Scientific American, February 28, 2005
[21] P.L. Hagelstein et al: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Hagelsteinnewphysica.pdf
[22] Melvin H. Miles, Benjamin F. Bush, and Joseph J. Lagowski, “Anomalous Effects Involving Excess Power, Radiation, and Helium Production During D2O Electrolysis Using Palladium Cathodes,” Fusion Technology, Vol.25, July 1994, pp.478-486.
[23] Kowalski L. “Tyranny to Freedom: Diary of a Former Stalinist,” Wasteland Press, Shelbyville, KY, USA, 2009. Also http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html
[24] Langmuir I. “Colloquium on Pathological Science”, 1953, as reported at: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~ken/Langmuir/langmuir.htm
[25] Eugene Mallove, “Fire from Ice; Searching for Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furror,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).

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