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> [One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/one-of-my-theme-songs-is-that-if-you-can-t-do-it-in-a-test-tube-don-t/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

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## More by Martin Fleischmann

> [It doesn't matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/it-doesn-t-matter-whether-you-can-or-cannot-achieve-high-temperature/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/american-science-is-much-more-organized-much-more-hierarchical-than/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/scientists-are-really-very-conscious-of-the-fact-that-they-stand-on/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [Now Stan and I were still working in secret at that time but, because of this development, we had to inform the University of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/now-stan-and-i-were-still-working-in-secret-at-that-time-but-because/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/one-of-my-theme-songs-is-that-if-you-can-t-do-it-in-a-test-tube-don-t/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/you-see-i-am-a-very-conventional-scientist-really/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/i-have-had-this-view-of-the-optimization-of-the-electrode-design-for/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/now-of-course-cold-fusion-is-the-daddy-of-them-all-in-a-way-in-terms/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [Stan and I funded the first phase of the work ourselves. It was secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/stan-and-i-funded-the-first-phase-of-the-work-ourselves-it-was-secret/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/the-problem-is-that-replacement-of-quantum-mechanics-by-quantum-field/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [If it had been anything else, we would have said, 'People don't want us to do it. Forget it. Let's just leave it alone.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/if-it-had-been-anything-else-we-would-have-said-people-don-t-want-us/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [Usually, if you have a new idea, you very rarely break through to anything like recognizable development or implementation of that idea the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/usually-if-you-have-a-new-idea-you-very-rarely-break-through-to/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [If you assume that it was a valid experiment, then its disintegration reveals a very substantial part of what has been found since then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/if-you-assume-that-it-was-a-valid-experiment-then-its-disintegration/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/it-has-been-suggested-at-various-times-that-i-should-start-an/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

> [So if I could just go back now to something which I am sure we should cover here regarding our original scenario: we have,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fleischmann/so-if-i-could-just-go-back-now-to-something-which-i-am-sure-we-should/)

[Martin Fleischmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fleischmann/)

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