Too Close to the Sun

Synopsis: In 1989 Professors Martin Fleishmann and Stanley Pons announced they had discovered the secret of endless, cheap energy by perfecting nuclear fusion in a test tube. Their discovery was dismissed with contempt by the scientific establishment and they fled their academic posts in the USA. Over the five years since the announcement, condemnation of cold fusion has been vicious, yet now the Japanese are poised to support Fleishmann and Pons’ latest work while advocates of coled fusion warn thet the West has missed out on the discovery of the century.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 21 Mar 1994.
Subjects: Engineering; Physics
Keywords: energy; nuclear energy; nuclear fusion technology

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