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2 unusual facts about Martin Fleischmann


Irving Dardik

Dardik appears in "The Believers", a 2012 film about cold fusion, in which he claims to use his theories to both explain cold fusion and to treat Martin Fleischmann for his Parkinson's Disease.

Robert Huggins

While at Stanford, he attempted to recreate the discredited work of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, at one point reporting success.


Faraday-efficiency effect

Lacking any other plausible explanation, the anomalous excess heat produced during such electrolysis was attributed by Pons and Fleischmann to cold fusion.

Science by press conference

In 1989, chemists Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann held a press conference to claim they had successfully achieved cold fusion.


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