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Ana BAZAC1
ana_bazac@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT: The paper refers to the Karpen voltaic pile under two
aspects, however related one another: the one of the technical
feasibility of the discovery and the one of the social conditioning
of its wide application. The Karpen voltaic pile as other revolu
tionary recent discoveries (the paper appoints only one, created
in Romania) is a fruitful example not only for the epistemology
of the practice of discoveries, but also for the sociology of the
scientific knowledge and, obviously, for the sociology of the wide
application of scientific discoveries. From all these standpoints,
the conclusion of the interference between the act of scientific
creation and the social process is inherent.
KEYWORDS: the Karpen voltaic pile, revolutionary scientific dis
coveries, technical feasibility, social feasibility, social inertia
ntre perpetuum mobile i energie gratuit
Pila Karpen (1922, primele experiene; 1950, ultima experien, pila func
ioneaz i astzi) un generator infinit de electricitate prin procesul de
micare ciclic, dar permanent, atomic i subatomic, ntre doi electrozi
(unul de aur, cellalt de platin) scufundai ntrun electrolit de acid sul
furic este un artefact extrem de interesant din punct de vedere tiinific
i tehnic (i unic n tiina romneasc), dei din punct de vedere episte
mologic poate fi pus alturi de alte invenii tiinifice.
Deoarece producerea de energie din micarea materiei duce, evi
dent, la irosirea/corodarea acestei materii n timp, fizicianul i inginerul
Nicolae VasilescuKarpen sa gndit, firete, la construirea electrozilor din
1
n 1897, fizicianul J.J. Thompson a descoperit electronul (avnd sarcin negativ), numit
de el corpuscul.
3 Este interesant c aceast manier a fost privilegiat mult timp (ineria!). Nici mcar
aprofundarea legilor termodinamicii nu a fost socotit de ncredere n teze de doctorat
(vezi respingerea tezei de fizic a lui Pierre Duhem Le potentiel thermodynamique et ses
applications la mcanique chimique et ltude des phnomnes lectriques de ctre, ntre
alii, acelai Gabriel Lippmann care va accepta teza lui VasilescoKarpen.
4 Einstein a demonstrat matematic n 1905 echivalena dintre materie i energie.
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