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Martin Fleischmann

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Martin Fleischmann was a renowned chemist known for his research in the field of cold fusion. Born on March 29, 1927, and passing away on August 3, 2012, Fleischmann had a profound academic background in chemistry. His work had a significant impact on the scientific community.

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“Usually, if you have a new idea, you very rarely break through to anything like recognizable development or implementation of that idea the first time around - it takes two or three goes for the research community to return to the topic.”

Ifs Firsts Two Ideas Three Community Break Development Return Research First Time New Ideas Topics Break Through Implementation

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“I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.”

Way British Caricatures

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“American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.”

Has Beens British Organized

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“I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.”

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“I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.”

Thinking Becoming British Becoming More

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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.”

Long Views Design Long Time Various Phases Sheets Optimization

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“I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.”

Thinking Knows British

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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.”

Ifs Matter Would Be Achieve Valuable Lists Cells Fuel Temperature Fuel Cells

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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.”

Experiments Plenty Expensive Worthwhile

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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.”

Thinking Way Should Mind Has Beens Would Be Age United Various Medical Kingdoms Operations Sensible United Kingdom Medical History

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“The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.”

Stills Problem Fields Theory Quantum Mechanic Quantum Mechanics Replacements

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“You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.”

Scientist Conventional

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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.”

Ifs Song Tests Theme Tubes

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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.”

Facts Tree Conscious Scientist Workers Shoulders Enormous Contribution

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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.”

Thinking Way Values Courses Social Term Cold Economics Consideration Daddy Fusion

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“Now Stan and I were still working in secret at that time but, because of this development, we had to inform the University of Utah because we thought that they might need to take patent protection.”

Needs Stills Might Secret Development University Protection Patents Utah

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“If it had been anything else, we would have said, 'People don't want us to do it. Forget it. Let's just leave it alone.' But this is not in that category. This is interesting science. New science. With a hint of a possibility of a very useful technology. Therefore, if you've got any integrity, you don't give up. You only give up if you find you are wrong. But as long as you believe that you are right, you have to continue. And you have to take the consequences.”

People Ifs Want Giving Believe Long Said Forget Interesting Technology Possibility Cold Integrity Giving Up Consequence Categories Want U Forget It Hints Don't Give Up

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Born: March 29, 1927
Died: August 3, 2012
Known for: Chemist
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