I just had a look at Tajmar's other publications[0]. They read like science fiction (well, that's of course because in a way they are):
> Tajmar, M., and Assis, A.K.T., "Particles with Negative Mass: Production, Properties and Applications for Nuclear Fusion and Self-Acceleration", Journal of Advanced Physics 4, 77-82 (2015)
> Tajmar, M., and Bertolami, O., "Hypothetical Gravity Control and Possible Influence on Space Propulsion", Journal of Propulsion and Power 21(4), 692-696 (2005)
> Lörincz, I. and Tajmar, M., "Null-Results of a Superconducting Gravity-Impulse-Generator", 52nd AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA-2016-4988, Salt Lake City, July 25-27 (2016)
I think his job ranks among the coolest positions in physics that I've come across: He does fundamental physics (something almost every physics undergrad dreams of doing), both theory and experiment and both quantum mechanics and General Relativity, and he literally does rocket science. Unreal. I didn't think such a position could exist.
He's had some controversy in the past and had a bit of a quack reputation. It's nice to see this research done. When I saw the name associated with this I assumed the opposite result.
> He's had some controversy in the past and had a bit of a quack reputation.
Can you provide more details or, possibly, sources? Was it just because he dared considering (and testing) "crazy claims" like the EmDrive in the first place?
My impression was that yes, the majority of controversy was around his areas of research. I first heard of Tajmar when researching Heim theory which was itself pretty controversial.
> Tajmar, M., and Assis, A.K.T., "Particles with Negative Mass: Production, Properties and Applications for Nuclear Fusion and Self-Acceleration", Journal of Advanced Physics 4, 77-82 (2015)
> Tajmar, M., and Bertolami, O., "Hypothetical Gravity Control and Possible Influence on Space Propulsion", Journal of Propulsion and Power 21(4), 692-696 (2005)
> Lörincz, I. and Tajmar, M., "Null-Results of a Superconducting Gravity-Impulse-Generator", 52nd AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA-2016-4988, Salt Lake City, July 25-27 (2016)
I think his job ranks among the coolest positions in physics that I've come across: He does fundamental physics (something almost every physics undergrad dreams of doing), both theory and experiment and both quantum mechanics and General Relativity, and he literally does rocket science. Unreal. I didn't think such a position could exist.
[0]: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/ilr/rfs/forschung/f...