Hacking the Atom

Download or read book Hacking the Atom written by Steven B. Krivit and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific evidence, experimental and theoretical, sheds new light on physics and chemistry and reveals how changes to atomic nuclei can occur with low-energy methods. For a century, this has been considered impossible. The book reveals that 100 years of chemistry and physics is not wrong, but incomplete, and that there is something new and exciting in the physical sciences. Written for a general audience, this book reveals the hidden story of what was initially and erroneously called "cold fusion." Low-energy nuclear reactions (LENRs) are not fusion or fission but a new, third type of nuclear phenomenon. The book explains why Robert Park, the former spokesman of the American Physical Society, concedes that LENRs are real, reversing his longstanding opposition to the research. Krivit's conversations about LENRs with Richard Garwin, who played a key role in the development of the first hydrogen bomb, are also illuminating. Hacking the Atom: - Explains the new science of LENRs for scientists and non-scientists alike. - Offers insights about a possible new form of nuclear energy without harmful radiation. - Reveals intense behind-the-scenes human drama and fiery intellectual conflict that inevitably accompanies the pursuit of revolutionary science and technology. - Explains why low-energy nuclear reactions (LENRs) are not "cold fusion." - Shows experimental research that confirms why LENRs are real nuclear reactions. - Provides the first "plain English" explanation of the Widom-Larsen theory. - Demonstrates why the Widom-Larsen theory is viable and consistent with existing physics.