Eugene Mallove
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Eugene Franklin Mallove (June 9, 1947 – May 14, 2004) was a science writer, editor and publisher of the magazine Infinite Energy, founder of the non-profit New Energy Foundation, a strong proponent of cold fusion, and a supporter of research into that and related fringe science topics.
Mallove authored Fire from Ice, a book detailing the 1989 report of table-top cold fusion from Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann at the University of Utah. Among other things, the book claims the team did produce "greater-than-unity" output energy in an experiment successfully replicated on several occasions, but that the results were suppressed through an organized campaign of ridicule from mainstream physicists, including those studying controlled thermonuclear fusion, trying to protect their research and funding.
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[edit] Biography
Eugene Mallove held a BS (1969) and MS degree (1970) in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from MIT and a ScD degree (1975) in environmental health sciences from Harvard University. He had worked for technology engineering firms such as Hughes Research Laboratories, the Analytic Science Corporation, and MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, and he consulted in research and development of new energies.
Mallove taught science journalism at MIT and Boston University and was chief science writer at MIT's news office, a position he left as part of a dispute with the school over cold fusion.
He was a science writer and broadcaster with the Voice of America radio service and author of three science books: The Quickening Universe: Cosmic Evolution and Human Destiny (1987, St. Martin’s Press), The Starflight Handbook: A Pioneer’s Guide to Interstellar Travel (1989, John Wiley & Sons, with co-author Gregory Matloff), and Fire from Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor (1991, John Wiley & Sons). He also published articles for numerous magazines and newspapers.
Mallove was a member of the Aurora Biophysics Research Institute, one of the founders of the International Society of the Friends of Aetherometry, a member of its Organizing Committee, a co-inventor of the HYBORAC technology and one of the main evaluators of ABRI technologies.
His alternative energy research included studying the reproduction of Wilhelm Reich's Orgone Motor by Dr. Paulo Correa and Alexandra Correa, as well as the evolution of heat in the Reich-Einstein experiment. He was among the scientists and engineers who claimed to have confirmed the output of excess electric energy from tuned pulsed plasmas in vacuum arc discharges.
Mallove's combative stance against what he saw as the hypocrisy of mainstream science gave him a high profile. Among other things, he was a frequent guest on the American radio program Coast to Coast AM.
He is also credited as a "cold fusion technical consultant", for providing advice to the producers of the movie The Saint from 1997, with a plot revolving around cold fusion formulas.
In 1981 he and Gregory Matloff wrote a classic paper about using solar sails to reach Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our sun. They calculated that the trip would take several hundred years and that the ship would have to withstand gravity accelerations of 60 g.[1][2] They wrote several papers on that and other proposed methods of space travel, such as the laser propelled Bussard ramjet,[3] and exotic fuels that could give very high power.[4]
[edit] Death
Eugene Mallove was killed during a bungled burglary on May 14, 2004 in Norwich, Connecticut, while cleaning a recently vacated rental property owned by his parents, the home he grew up in. Although the nature of Mallove's work led to some conspiracy theories[5] regarding the homicide, police suspected robbery as the motive.[6]
In 2005, two local men were arrested in connection with the killing.[7][8][9] The case proceeded slowly,[6] and the charges against the two men were dismissed on November 6, 2008.[10] On February 11, 2009, the State of Connecticut announced a $50,000 reward[11] leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Dr. Eugene Mallove.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Gilster, 2004, p. 124; Matloff, 2005
- ^ Matloff, 2005, p. 52
- ^ Matloff, 2005, p. 117
- ^ Matloff, 2005, p. 40
- ^ "Eugene Mallove's Open Letter to the World" with preface by Richard Hoagland and clarification by Christy Frazier. PES Network, last update August 30, 2004. Last Retrieved 2007-01-31
- ^ a b Smith, Greg (June 4, 2008). "DNA tie sought in 2004 murder of scientist in Norwich". Norwich Bulletin. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/crime/x1427984682/DNA-tie-sought-in-2004-murder-of-scientist-in-Norwich. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ NBC30 News, June 2, 2005 Last retrieved 2007-01-31
- ^ PES Network Inc. > News July 28, 2005 Last retrieved 2007-01-31
- ^ Wtnh.com Channel 8. October 5, 2005. Last retrieved 2007-01-31
- ^ Greg, Smith (November 7, 2008). "Mallove slaying: ‘Unanswered questions’ set suspects free". Norwich Bulletin. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x1197778881/Mallove-slaying-Unanswered-questions-set-suspects-free. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
- ^ reward
- Paul Gilster (2004). Centauri dreams: imagining and planning interstellar exploration (illustrated ed.). Springer. p. 124. ISBN 038700436X, 9780387004365. http://books.google.com/books?id=L4fffd3SivkC&pg=PA124&dq=aeronautics+astronomy+eugene+mallove.
- Gregory L. Matloff (2005). Deep space probes: to the outer solar system and beyond (2, illustrated ed.). Springer. ISBN 3540247726, 9783540247722. http://books.google.com/books?id=tIfJM8Nu8iYC&vq=mallove&dq=mallove.
