Stanley Pons
Stanley Pons | |
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| File:Stanley Pons cold fusion gear.jpg | |
| Born | 1943 |
| Citizenship | France (originally US)[2] |
| Known for | Work on cold fusion |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Utah |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Fleischmann |
Stanley Pons (born 1943) is an American-born French electrochemist known for his work with Martin Fleischmann on cold fusion in the 1980s and '90s.
Background
Pons was born in Valdese, North Carolina. He met Martin Fleischmann while Pons was a graduate student in Professor Alan Bewick's group at the University of Southampton where he earned his PhD degree in 1978.
Cold fusion
On March 23, 1989, while Pons was the chairman of the chemistry department at the University of Utah,[3] he and Fleischmann announced the experimental production of "N-Fusion" which was quickly labeled by the press as cold fusion[4] — a result previously thought to be unattainable. After a short period of public acclaim, hundreds of scientists attempted to reproduce the effects but generally failed.[5]
Those that failed to reproduce the claim attacked the pair for fraudulent,[6] sloppy[7][8] and unethical work,[5] incomplete, unreproducible, and inaccurate results,[7][1] and erroneous interpretations.[9] Fleischmann and Pons remain convinced the effect is real,[citation needed] but many skeptics and scientists still are not.
Later work
Pons moved to France in 1992, along with Fleischmann, to work at a Toyota-sponsored laboratory. The laboratory closed in 1998 after a ₤12 million research investment with no results.[2] He gave up his US citizenship[10] and became a French citizen [11] living in the south of France.
References
- ^ a b Taubes, Gary (1993). Bad science: the short life and weird times of cold fusion. New York: Random House. p. 6. ISBN 0-394-58456-2.
- ^ a b Voss, D (1999-03-01). "What Ever Happened to Cold Fusion". Physics World. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ William J. Broad (1989-05-09). "Brilliance and Recklessness Seen in Fusion Collaboration". The New York Times.
- ^ Fleischmann, M (1989). "Electrochemically induced nuclear fusion of deuterium". J. Electroanal. Chem. 261: 301. doi:10.1016/0022-0728(89)80006-3.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Adil E. Shamoo, David B. Resnik (2003). Oxford University Press US (ed.). Responsible Conduct of Research (2, illustrated ed.). p. 76, 97. ISBN 0195148460.
- ^ Henry Krips, J. E. McGuire, Trevor Melia (1995). University of Pittsburgh Press (ed.). Science, Reason, and Rhetoric (illustrated ed.). pp. xvi. ISBN 0822939126.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Bart Simon (2002). Rutgers University Press (ed.). Undead Science: Science Studies and the Afterlife of Cold Fusion (illustrated ed.). p. 119. ISBN 0813531543.
- ^ Michael B. Schiffer, Kacy L. Hollenback, Carrie L. Bell (2003). University of California Press (ed.). Draw the Lightning Down: Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment (illustrated ed.). pp. 207. ISBN 0520238028.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Thomas F. Gieryn (1999). University of Chicago Press (ed.). Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line (illustrated ed.). pp. http://books.google.com/books?id=GljD3CHbDx0C&pg=PA204 204]. ISBN 0226292622.
- ^ Weinberger, Sharon (2004-11-21). "Warming Up to Cold Fusion". Washington Post: W22. (page 2 of online version)
- ^ Platt, Charles (1998). "What if Cold Fusion is Real?". Wired Magazine. No. 6.11. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
External links
- William J. Broad (1989-05-09). "Brilliance and Recklessness Seen in Fusion Collaboration". New York Times.