ELFT HÍRADÓ

[Zsolt Kovacs <kovacszs AT caesar.elte.hu>]

ELTE Fizikai Intézet, Anyagfizikai Tanszék TANSZÉKI SZEMINÁRIUM 2017. 
március 7., kedd, 8:30-kor ELTE, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A alatti 
épületében, 4.52 (Sas Elemér) teremben Anthony C. Fischer-Cripps 
(Fischer-Cripps Laboratories Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia) Harder than 
Diamond: What happens when the world wants to believe. Cold Fusion, 
Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Materials Harder than Diamond. The 
world wanted to believe, and so funding poured in. But the truth can 
only be revealed by actual observation under scientific conditions. In 
1999, a scientist in Germany claimed to be the first to produce a hard 
coating that was harder than natural diamond. This work led to some 15 
years of funded research, awards, prizes, and honours for those 
involved, but resulted in not one single sample that has been 
independently verified as meeting the claim. In the present talk, the 
speaker shall explain what was claimed and the evidence produced to 
support it, and show that the whole scenario was based on nothing more 
than a desire to believe. The issue brings into question not only the 
scientific aspects of the matter, but the role of editors and the 
process of peer review in the publication of scientific research. Minden 
érdeklődőt szívesen várunk. A szemeszter szemináriumainak programja 
megtalálható a http://metal.elte.hu honlapon a Szemináriumok címszó 
alatt Kovács Zsolt