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Ruggero Maria Santilli (born 1935) is an Italian-American mathmatician and physicist and discovered new mathematical foundations some call fringe scientific theories.

Biography

Ruggero Maria Santilli was born in Capracotta, in the Italian region of Molise. Santilli studied physics at the University of Naples and went on to attend the Graduate School in Physics of the University of Turin, graduating in 1966. In 1967 he was invited by the University of Miami to conduct research under NASA financial support. Starting in 1968, Santilli was an Associate Professor of Physics at Boston University, teaching physics and mathematics, and conducted research for the United States Air Force. During this time, he became a naturalized American citizen. In 1976 and 1977 Santilli was a visiting scholar at the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1978 he was involved in research at Harvard University, sponsored by Shlomo Sternberg in the Mathematics Department for 5 years.[1] In 1983 Santilli became the President of his newly-formed Institute for Basic Research.[2]

Work

Hadronic mechanics

Although Santilli has published papers in the mainstream scientific literature, a large amount of his work has dealt with his so-called hadronic mechanics, a novel fundamental theory of the universe which is not generally accepted by the physics community. Santilli, a voluminous writer, has published hundreds of papers and a number of books on this and related subjects, including applications to chemistry, superconductivity, biology, and cosmology.[2][3][4]

Most of his work on this theory has been published in Hadronic Journal, a journal of which Santilli himself is the founder and chief editor. Santilli has also established the journals Hadronic Journal Supplement and Algebras, Groups and Geometries, in which he publishes papers by himself and others. These journals are published by Hadronic Press.

Magnecule theory

Santilli claims to have developed novel fuels, named MagneGas and MagneHydrogen: these names are trademarks of Hadronic Press. [5][6] They are produced by plasma arc gasification of liquid waste. [7] Santilli claims that these fuels are composed of magnecules. [8][9][10] These hypothetical magnecules are a type of chemical species theoretically proposed by Santilli, distinguished from better-known species by containing a novel type of bond called a "magnecular bond", which he claims consists of atoms held together by magnetic fields which arise from toroidal polarization of their electron orbitals.[10] [11] Neither these claims nor the existence of magnecules have been generally accepted by the chemistry community. Magnecules have also been invoked to justify novel unverified claims about oxyhydrogen gas, a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, which he calls "HHO gas".

This paper[12] by Santilli claims (e.g. on its p. 21) that many types of magnecules have been identified.

Santilli's theory has been disputed by J.M. Calo as having 'many serious misinterpretations, and misunderstandings of the “data” presented... [the paper] creates some doubt as to whether [the author] actually knows the difference between a gas chromatograph (GC) and a mass spectrometer (MS).' [13] This has been refuted by other scientists. One who states that the above paper erred and regarding Santilli's paper, "The data are consistent with anomalous behaviour for a gas obtained from water and thus the existence of magnecules is feasible." [14] In addition another scientist states the quoted material by the author was in reference gas chromatography to a misprint and not substantive to the analysis. In addition, numerous laboratory reports are described describing the anomalous nature of the Santilli gas. [15]

International Committee for Scientific Ethics and Accountability

In 1999, Santilli established the International Committee for Scientific Ethics and Accountability to "oppose scientific frauds, plagiarisms, and deceptions", which stated that it would sue anyone who performed various acts, such as anyone who plagiarized "either in part or in full, the following parametric deformation of Lie theory, and of Heisenberg equation in their infinitesimal and finite versions".[16]

Selected publications

  • Santilli, Ruggero (1978). The inverse problem in Newtonian mechanics. New York: Springer-Verlag. OCLC 9020170.
  • Santilli, Ruggero (1978). Foundations of Theoretical Mechanics. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0387088741.
  • Santilli, Ruggero (1983). Birkhoffian Generalization of Hamiltonian Mechanics. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0387094822.
  • Santilli, Ruggero (1984). Il Grande Grido. Louisville: Alpha Pub. ISBN 0931753007.
  • Santilli, Ruggero (1984). Direct universality of the Lie-admissible algebras. Nonantum, Mass.: Hadronic Press. ISBN 0911767088.
  • Relativistic hadronic mechanics: Nonunitary, axiom-preserving completion of relativistic quantum mechanics, Ruggero Maria Santilli, Foundations of Physics, 27, #5 (May 1997), pp. 625–729. DOI 10.1007/BF02550172.
  • Santilli, Ruggero (2001). Foundations of Hadronic Chemistry: with Applications to New Clean Energies and Fuels. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 1402000871.
  • Structure and Combustion of Magnegases, R. M. Santilli and A. K. Aringazin, arXiv:physics/0112066v1.
  • Santilli, Ruggero (2006). Isodual theory of antimatter with applications to antigravity, grand unification and cosmology. Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 1402045182.

Works discussing Santilli

References

  1. ^ Integrability conditions for the existence of a Lagrangian in Newtonian mechanics and field theory, S. Sternberg and R. M. Santilli, Annual Progress Report, 1 March 1978–31 May 1979, Harvard University.
  2. ^ a b CV on Institute for Basic Research
  3. ^ Conceptual, theoretical, and experimental foundations of hadronic mechanics, superconductivity and chemistry, IBR staff. Accessed 2007-03-08.
  4. '^ Book review by Erik Trell of Foundations of hadronic chemistry with applications to new clean energies and fuels by R. M. Santilli, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy '28 (February 2003), pp. 251–353. DOI 10.1016/S0360-3199(02)00031-9.
  5. ^ "Recycling Liquid Wastes and Crude Oil into MagneGas and MagneHydrogen". August 30, 2003. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  6. ^ Sterling D. Allan (August 25, 2006). "Interview with Dr. Santilli of MagneGas". Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  7. ^ Application of hadronic mechanics, superconductivity and chemistry to new clean fuels and energies, IBR staff. Accessed on line October 25, 2007.
  8. ^ Application of hadronic mechanics, superconductivity and chemistry to new clean fuels and energies (continued), IBR staff. Accessed on line October 25, 2007.
  9. ^ [1], accessed 2007-03-08.
  10. ^ a b A new gaseous and combustible form of water, Ruggero Maria Santilli, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy '31' (August 2006), pp. 1113–1128. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2005.11.006.
  11. ^ R. M. Santilli, A. K. Aringazin (December 20, 2001). "Structure and Combustion of Magnegases". Hadronic Journal (27): p. 299–330. arXiv:physics/0112066. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  12. ^ Santilli, Ruggero Maria (2006-02-17). "The Novel 'Controlled Intermediate Nuclear Fusion' and its Possible Industrial Realization as Predicted by Hadronic Mechanics and Chemistry". arXiv:physics/0602125. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ J. M. Calo (November 3, 2006). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (32): p. 1309–1312. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.11.004. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Title= ignored (|title= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Volume= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Martin O. Cloonan (January 2008). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (33): p. 922-926. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.11.009" ignored (help); Unknown parameter |Title= ignored (|title= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Volume= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ J.V. Kadeisvili (January 2008). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (32): p. 918-921. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.10.030" ignored (help); Unknown parameter |Title= ignored (|title= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Volume= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Ruggero Maria Santilli (July 18, 1999). "International Committee for Scientific Ethics and Accountability". scientificethics.org. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
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