The scientific origins of controlled fusion technology

Hendry, John

doi:10.1080/00033798700200161

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“…The idea of confining the plasma by inertial means was a spin-off from laser research in the mid-1960s and 6 For instance, another noteworthy aspect of the cold fusion episode is the use of the popular media and other unorthodox channels of communication to disseminate scientific data and claims (see Lewenstein 1990). 7 The ways in which the origin of fusion research is rooted in various branches of physics are discussed in Hendry 1987. Histories of fusion research up to recent years are Heppenheimer 1984 andHerman 1990.…”

Section: Fusion Physics In 1989mentioning

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Competition Among Scientific Disciplines in Cold Nuclear Fusion Research

McAllister

1992

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The ArgumentIn the controversy in 1989 over the reported achievement of cold nuclear fusion, parts of the physics and chemistry communities were opposed in both a theoretic and a professional competition. Physicists saw the chemists' announcement as an incursion into territory allocated to their own discipline and strove to restore the interdisciplinary boundaries that had previously held. The events that followed throw light on the manner in which scientists' knowledge claims and metascientific beliefs are affected by their membership of disciplinary communities. In particular, the controversy offers evidence for a constructivist reinterpretation of the "division of nature into levels," which is customarily held to underpin the division of science into disciplines.

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Section: Fusion Physics In 1989mentioning

confidence: 99%

Competition Among Scientific Disciplines in Cold Nuclear Fusion Research

McAllister

1992

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“…Since the publication, in 1981, of Joan Bromberg's book [1] on the US fusion research programme, historians of science have mostly shied away from the subject, leaving the field to physicists and journalists. A notable exception is a study by J. Hendry [2] on the scientific origin of fusion, which covers the time before 1950, paying attention in particular to developments in the United Kingdom. As to physicists, F. Close's book on cold fusion [3] starts with a historical introduction in which he uncovers some forgotten aspects of the Peron-Richter hoax of 1951, E.N.…”

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