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At the moment I am taking a very careful look at some of the work which we have done in the past.
Martin Fleischmann
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Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around.
Martin Fleischmann
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I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium.
Martin Fleischmann
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If you assume that it was a valid experiment, then its disintegration reveals a very substantial part of what has been found since then, including the fact that you can get heat generation at high temperature.
Martin Fleischmann
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It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.
Martin Fleischmann
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It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.
Martin Fleischmann
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Stan and I funded the first phase of the work ourselves. It was secret.
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So if I could just go back now to something which I am sure we should cover here regarding our original scenario: we have, in fact, four ways - four major potential lines of research.
Martin Fleischmann
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I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.
Martin Fleischmann
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One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.
Martin Fleischmann
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It doesn't matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if you could achieve them they would be extremely valuable.
Martin Fleischmann
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You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.
Martin Fleischmann
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Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.
Martin Fleischmann
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I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.
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