Stefan Marinov

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Stefan Marinov

Born 1 February 1931(1931-02-01)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Died 15 July 1997(1997-07-15) (aged 66)
Graz, Austria
Suicide
Residence

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Nationality Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian
Fields Physicist
Institutions Sofia University
Known for Experimental physics, Theoretical physics, Fringe science
Notes
Son Marin Marinov was the vice-Minister of Industry in Bulgaria

Stefan Marinov (Bulgarian: Стефан Маринов) (1931–1997) was a Bulgarian physicist, researcher, writer and lecturer who promoted anti-relativistic theoretical viewpoints, and later in his life defended the ideas of perpetual motion and free energy. He committed suicide[1] in Graz, Austria on 15 July 1997.

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[edit] Life and education

Marinov was born on 1 February 1931 in Sofia to a family of intellectual communists.[2] In 1948 he finished Soviet College in Prague, then studied physics at the University of Prague and Sofia University. He was an Assistant Professor of Physics from 1960 to 1974 at Sofia University. In 1966-67, 1974, and 1977 he was subject to compulsory psychiatric treatment in Sofia because of his political dissent. In September 1977 Marinov received a passport and he successfully emigrated out of the country, moving to Brussels. In 1978, Marinov moved to Washington, D.C.. Later he lived in Italy and Austria. In his later years, Marinov earned a living as a groom for horses.

On 15 July 1997, Marinov jumped to his death from a staircase at a library at the University of Graz, after leaving suicide notes.[1] He was 66 years old and was survived by his son Marin Marinov, who at the time was a vice-Minister of Industry of Bulgaria.

[edit] Work

One of Marinov's interests was the quest for free energy sources via construction of toy theories (new axiomatic systems that putatively describe our physical reality) and their experimental testing against mainstream physical theories. In 1992 Marinov wrote a letter to German Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl in support of a German company, Becocraft, that was doing research into "free energy" technologies and had recently been the target of lawsuits. In the letter, Marinov threatened to set himself on fire at the steps of the German parliament if Kohl was not willing to intervene in favour of Marinov's associates.[3]

[edit] Research

Marinov attempted to find experimental disproof of the theory of relativity by testing the speed of light in different directions using an arrangement of coupled mirrors and coupled shutters. Marinov reported in 1974 that he had measured an anisotropy of the velocity of light.[4] However, Marinov's claims have not found acceptance within the scientific community, despite his energetic efforts to promote his claims. Marinov planned to develop an updating of the relativistic mechanics and electrodynamics, as described in his self-published book Eppur si Muove.[2] Marinov succeeded in having his claims presented in numerous publications, although none in peer-reviewed journals.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Marinov was involved publicly with many quarrels with the Editor of Nature, who refused to print either his papers or his Letters to the Editor. He retaliated by securing the funds to place full-page ads in Nature expressing his frustration with what he regarded as the dogmatic attitude of the Establishment.

Aside from fundamental physics, Stefan Marinov was interested in the science expertise of bizarre experiments, violating physics laws. So he claimed to have seen in operation and learned the secret of the so-called "Swiss ML converter" or Testatika electrical generator, another alleged perpetual motion machine, at a religious commune in Switzerland called Methernitha.[citation needed] According to Marinov's account, this 500-member commune, led by religious leader Paul Baumann, met all its energy needs using this device.[citation needed]

Marinov is examining two testatikas

Marinov has been editor of a 5 volume encyclopaedic series called "Classical Physics".[20][21][22][23][24] In 1993 Marinov also authored a book on electromagnetism[25] which discoursed on his belief that mainstream scientific thought was mired in dogma, and had discarded still-valid knowledge from scientific thought of previous eras. Nevertheless in 1997 in the last issue 21 of Deutsche Physik Marinov self-published experimental results that disprove that the Siberian Coliu, constructed by Marinov himself, is a perpetual motion machine, and where Marinov concluded that Ampere's law in electromagnetism is correct.[26][27] Most of Marinov's friends think these negative results on constructing a source of free energy (in order to solve the global energetic needs of humanity) might have pushed Marinov to commit a suicide.[28][29]

Marinov himself published a journal, Deutsche Physik, where he was Editor-In-Chief, and which discussed mainly his ideas on physics.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b New Energy News, Vol. 5, No. 5, Sept. 1997, pp. 1-3.
  2. ^ a b Marinov S (1987). "Eppur Si Muove: Axiomatics, fundamentals and experimental verification of the absolute space-time theory". East-West Publishers, Graz, Austria. http://www.ptep-online.com/index_files/books.html. 
  3. ^ Marinov S (1992). "Regarding Becocraft - Letter to Mr. Richard von Weizsacker, President of the German Federal Republic". Deutsche Physik, No. 7, East-West Publishers, Morellenfeldgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria. http://www.beyond-the-illusion.com/files/Technology/General/marinov.txt. 
  4. ^ Marinov S (1974). "The velocity of light is direction dependent". Czechoslovak Journal of Physics B 24 (9): 965–970. Bibcode 1974CzJPh..24..965M. doi:10.1007/BF01591047. 
  5. ^ Marinov S (1972). "How to measure the earth's velocity with respect to absolute space". Physics Letters A 41 (5): 433–434. Bibcode 1972PhLA...41..433M. doi:10.1016/0375-9601(72)90392-1. 
  6. ^ Marinov S (1970). "Experimentum crucis for the proof of the space-time absoluteness". Physics Letters A 32 (3): 183–184. Bibcode 1970PhLA...32..183M. doi:10.1016/0375-9601(70)90265-3. 
  7. ^ Marinov S (1972). "Concerning the experimentum crucis for the proof of the space-time absoluteness". Physics Letters A 40 (1): 73–74. Bibcode 1972PhLA...40...73M. doi:10.1016/0375-9601(72)90205-8. 
  8. ^ Marinov S (1973). "Kantor's second-order Doppler-effect experiment treated by the absolute space-time theory". Physics Letters A 44 (1): 21–22. Bibcode 1973PhLA...44...21M. doi:10.1016/0375-9601(73)90941-9. 
  9. ^ Marinov S (1974). "Velocity of light in a moving medium according to the absolute space-time theory". International Journal of Theoretical Physics 9 (2): 139–144. Bibcode 1974IJTP....9..139M. doi:10.1007/BF01807696. 
  10. ^ Marinov S (1975). "A reliable experiment for the proof of the space-time absoluteness". Physics Letters A 54 (1): 19–20. Bibcode 1975PhLA...54...19M. doi:10.1016/0375-9601(75)90589-7. 
  11. ^ Marinov S (1976). New Scientist 71: 662. 
  12. ^ Marinov S (1976). "Gravitational (dynamic) time dilation according to absolute space-time theory". Foundations of Physics 6 (5): 571–581. Bibcode 1976FoPh....6..571M. doi:10.1007/BF00715109. 
  13. ^ Marinov S (1977). "A pure experiment to establish that the velocity of light does not depend on the velocity of the source". Physics Letters A 62 (5): 293–294. Bibcode 1977PhLA...62..293M. doi:10.1016/0375-9601(77)90419-4. 
  14. ^ Marinov S (1978). "Rotating disk experiments". Foundations of Physics 8 (1-2): 137–156. Bibcode 1978FoPh....8..137M. doi:10.1007/BF00708494. 
  15. ^ Marinov S (1978). "The light Doppler effect treated by absolute spacetime theory". Foundations of Physics 8 (7-8): 637–652. Bibcode 1978FoPh....8..637M. doi:10.1007/BF00717587. 
  16. ^ Marinov S (1979). "The coordinate transformations of the absolute space-time theory". Foundations of Physics 9 (5-6): 445–460. Bibcode 1979FoPh....9..445M. doi:10.1007/BF00708535. 
  17. ^ Marinov S (1980). "Measurement of the laboratory's absolute velocity". General Relativity and Gravitation 12 (1): 57–66. Bibcode 1980GReGr..12...57M. doi:10.1007/BF00756168. 
  18. ^ Marinov S (1982). "Measurement of the one-way speed of light and the Earth's absolute velocity". Proceeding of 2nd Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Trieste, Italy: 547–550. 
  19. ^ Marinov S (2007). "New Measurement of the Earth's Absolute Velocity with the Help of the Coupled Shutters Experiment". Progress in Physics 1: 31–37. http://www.ptep-online.com/index_files/issues.html. 
  20. ^ Marinov S (1981). "Classical Physics: Part I,". East-West Publishers, Graz, Austria. 
  21. ^ Marinov S (1981). "Classical Physics: Part II,". East-West Publishers, Graz, Austria. 
  22. ^ Marinov S (1981). "Classical Physics: Part III, High-Velocity Mechanics". East-West Publishers, Graz, Austria. 
  23. ^ Marinov S (1981). "Classical Physics: Part IV,". East-West Publishers, Graz, Austria. 
  24. ^ Marinov S (1981). "Classical Physics: Part V, Electromagnetism". East-West Publishers, Graz, Austria. 
  25. ^ Marinov S (1993). "Divine Electromagnetism". East West Publishers, Graz. 
  26. ^ Marinov S (1997). "SIBERIAN COLIU machine with eccentric circular current rotor". Deutsche Physik 6 (21): 5–36. 
  27. ^ Marinov S (1997). "Editor's comments on "A history of the theories of aether and electricity by E. Whittaker"". Deutsche Physik 6 (21): 56. 
  28. ^ Schneeberger E, Bass R (1997). "Stefan Marinov: In Memoriam: My Scientific Testament; A Strong Voice Is Missing (Last Will and Testament); Letter from Erwin Schneeberger; Letter from Dr. Robert W. Bass". New Energy News 5 (5): 1–3. http://www.padrak.com/ine/NEN_5_5_2.html. 
  29. ^ Pappas P (1997). Update on Stefan Marinov's Death (E-mails by Panos Pappas). http://www.padrak.com/ine/PAPPAS_SM.html. 

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See also: Marinov
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