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Template:Unencyclopedic Steven Earl Jones is a professor of physics at Brigham Young University who conducts research in nuclear fusion and solar energy.

Although the term cold fusion was coined by Jones in the 1980s, his experimental work was significantly different from the more controversial cold fusion experiments of Pons and Fleischmann.

Currently, Jones is also investigating the hypothesis that the World Trade Center Twin Towers and WTC 7 were brought down by pre-positioned cutter charges.

Jones was described in the 23rd June 2006 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education as "a devout Mormon and, until recently, a faithful supporter of George W. Bush."

Education

In 1973, Jones earned his bachelors degree in physics, magna cum laude with honors, from Brigham Young University, and his PhD in physics from Vanderbilt University in 1978. Jones conducted his PhD research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center from 1974 to 1977), and post-doctoral research at Cornell University and the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility.

Cold Fusion

In the mid 1980s, Jones and other BYU scientists demonstrated an interesting new effect related to the potential for harnessing energy from cold fusion, now also referred to as muon-catalyzed fusion. The Jones process – not to be confused with the Cold fusion research of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann – did not produce excess heat, and therefore did not provide a source of energy. The Jones process, through measurement of charged particles, demonstrated excellent validation that nuclear processes can occur in a relatively simple, room temperature experiment.

Jones did not claim that any useful energy was produced. Rather, he reported slightly more neutrons were detected from experiments than could be expected from normal sources. Jones said the result suggested at least the possibility of fusion, though unlikely to be useful as an energy source. A New York Times article entitled Physicists Debunk Claim Of a New Kind of Fusion notes that while peer-reviewers were quite critical of Pons and Fleishchmann's research, they did not apply such criticism to Jones' much more modest findings. The reviewing physicists stated that "Dr. Jones is a careful scientist."

WTC Collapse Hypothesis

Steven Jones has written a paper regarding the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, entitled Why Indeed did the WTC Buildings Collapse. It has been peer reviewed by two physicists and is scheduled for publication in 9/11 And The American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out, a volume edited by David Ray Griffin (who, together with Steven Jones, are both members of Scholars for 9/11 Truth), and Peter Dale Scott, in September 2006. In Jones' treatise, he cites evidence he says supports the hypothesis that controlled demolition, rather than simply the impact of jet airliners and the ensuing fires, caused the Twin Towers and WTC 7 to collapse. He suggests that non-symmetrical damage and random fires would not lead to a near-symmetrical collapse of WTC 7. He also indicates that molten metal was found at Ground Zero, and claims to have performed analysis on WTC Steel samples showing evidence of thermite, and that the results were verified by two universities. No details have yet been published about the analysis.

Critics

Some critics have claimed that Jones' analysis, which he presents as a hypothesis supported by the available evidence, is similar to that of other researchers which they have disputed in the past, including claims regarding photographic evidence of demolition charges, the claim that no major persistent fires were visible at WTC7, and what they contend are quotes selectively edited from Bill Manning and Stephen Gregory.

Affiliations

Jones is Co-Chair of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, an organization currently petitioning Congress for the release of evidence, including the almost 14,000 pictures and videos held by NIST of the World Trade Center site on 9/11/01. Jones is hoping for the release of this evidence for his controlled demolition hypothesis paper.

Jones does not identify himself as either a Democrat or Republican, but does "support the Constitution"

Jones is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Recognition and awards

  • 1968, David O. McKay Scholarship at BYU; National Merit Scholar
  • 1973-1978 Tuition Scholarship and Research Fellowship at Vanderbilt University
  • 1989 Outstanding Young Scholar Award (BYU); Best of What's New for 1989 (Popular Science); Creativity Prize (Japanese Creativity Society)
  • 1990 BYU Young Scholar Award; Annual Lecturer, BYU Chapter of Sigma Xi

Research interests and background

Jones conducted research at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, in Arco, Idaho, from 1979 to 1985, where he was a senior engineering specialist. He was the principal investigator for experimental muon-catalyzed fusion from 1982 to 1991 for the U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Advanced Energy Projects. From 1990 to 1993, Jones researched fusion in condensed matter and deuterium, for the U.S. Department of Energy and for the Electric Power Research Institute.

Jones has also been a collaborator in several experiments, including experiments at TRIUMF (Vancouver, British Columbia), The National High Energy Laboratory, KEK (Tsukuba, Japan), and the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory at Oxford University.

Jones has also researched sonoluminescence, solar cooking, and archaeometry.

Jones published a paper entitled Behold My Hands: Evidence for Christ's Visit in Ancient America in which he uses archeological evidence to support the claims of Joseph Smith Jr. (founder of the Latter Day Saint movement) that Jesus had visited the Native Americans after his Resurrection. The evidence pointed to is Mayan depictions of deities which have stigmata like markings on their hands.

A non-LDS scholar explains the Mayan legend: "According to tradition, appeared as morning star after being dead for days, the period between disappearance of Venus as evening star and the planet's reappearance as morning star. As Venus as morning star is frequently depicted with death symbols, one may assume that he obtained these in his journey through the underworld during the days between his disappearance in the west as evening star and reappearance as morning star in the east."

See also

External links

Links covering Professor Jones' 9/11 research:

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