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193 “Somewhere out there is a positive report” Adam and Knight, “Publish, and Be Damned . . . ,” 774.
193 “We maintain our end” Ibid.
194 “They’re saying, ‘We understand’” Seife, “Chemistry Casts Doubt on Bubble Reactions.”
194 “Evidence Bubbles Over” Purdue University, “Evidence Bubbles Over to Support Tabletop Nuclear Fusion Device.”
195 “Purdue Findings Support” Purdue University, “Purdue Findings Support Earlier Nuclear Fusion Experiments.”
195 “independently confirmed.” Taleyarkan et al., “Nuclear Emissions During Self-Nucleated Acoustic Cavitation,” 034301-1.
196 “Nuclear fusion is a major finding” “An Experiment to Save the World,” narrated by Dilly Barlow.
197 “I would help out anybody” Ibid.
197 “He said: ‘Look, there’s a peak,’” Reich, “Is Bubble Fusion Simply Hot Air?”
198 Taleyarkhan is said to have pressed Ibid.
198 “nothing but a contrived and hurried attempt” Dunn, “RE: Inquiry Committee Proceedings Under Executive Memorandum No. C-22.”
198 “Presenting that as independent is fraud” Maugh, “College Reviews Physicist’s Tabletop Fusion Claims,” A9.
198 “negligent or jumped the gun” Ibid.
198 “data from Xu’s paper” Reich, “Purdue Attacked over Fusion Inquiry,” 664.
199 “a severe lack of judgment” Dunn, “RE: Inquiry Committee Proceedings Under Executive Memorandum No. C-22.”
199 “Despite the University’s statement” U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, letter to Martin C. Jischke, 27 May 2007, 1.
199 “several matters warrant further investigation” Purdue University, “Panel Determines Research Allegations Merit Additional Investigation.”
199 “I am exhausted,” Rusi Taleyarkhan, telephone conversation with author, 29 August 2007.
200 Taleyarkhan had committed scientific misconduct Purdue University. “Report of the Investigation Committee In the Matter of Rusi P. Taleyarkhan.” Final Report of the C-22 Investigation Committee, 18 April 2008.
200 Taleyarkhan had deceived the scientific community Ibid.
200 deemed a deliberate attempt Ibid.
200 “was apparently done by one person” Ibid.
CHAPTER 9: NOTHING LIKE THE SUN
204 “We find that this cannot be done.” President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), The U.S. Program of Fusion Energy Research and Development, 4.
206 “after ten years” Fusion Power Associates, “U.S. Fails to Sign ITER Extension Agreement; JET Demonstrates Fusion Remote Maintenance.”
207 “breakeven plasma conditions” Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Persistent Quest—Research Activities, 1997.
207 “Breakeven was demonstrated” Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, “Nuclear Fusion.”
208 “Once we crack the problem of fusion,” Angier, “High Hopes for a Super Nova.”
212 “Not 1%. Those who say 5%” Seife, “Will NIF Live Up to Its Name?” 1128.
213 “but its contribution is almost exclusively to the long-term tasks” JASON, Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Review, 2.
214 “NIF will contribute to training and retaining expertise” JASON, Science Based Stockpile Stewardship, 54.
217n “abundant resources” Bush, Speech Announcing New Vision for Space Exploration Program.
218 “hand held out to future generations” Chirac, Speech by Mr Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic.
219 “The ambition is huge!” Ibid.
CHAPTER 10: THE SCIENCE OF WISHFUL THINKING
220 “When one turns to the magnificent edifice” James, The Will to Believe, 7.
222 “It was the thing that one fears” Seife, “CERN’s Gamble Shows Perils, Rewards of Playing the Odds,” 2261.
222 “We did all sorts of tests on the data” Ibid.
223 “Ten or twelve days before I was due” Ibid.
223 “It was a large audience” Ibid.
223 “Here I was, with the biggest blunder of my life” Ibid.
227 “fired repeatedly, the machine could well be the fusion machine” Sandia National Laboratories, “Rapid-Fire Pulse Brings Sandia Z Method Closer to Goal of High-Yield Fusion Reactor.”
APPENDIX: TABLETOP FUSION
229 “the mad scientist” Damron, “Oakland Twp.