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Eric Lerner
Eric J. Lerner (born 1947) is an American scientist, popular science author, independent plasma researcher,〔John Wilford, ("Novel Theory Challenges The Big Bang" ), New York Times, February 28, 1989〕 and president of Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc.〔(Eric Lerner's biography page at Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc. )〕 He wrote the 1991 book ''The Big Bang Never Happened'', which advocates Hannes Alfvén's Plasma Cosmology instead of the Big Bang theory.
==Professional work==
Lerner received a BA in physics from Columbia University〔Columbia Alumni Directory, 1988 edition, p.211〕 and started as a graduate student in physics at the University of Maryland, but left after a year due to his dissatisfaction with the mathematical rather than experimental approach there.〔 pages 12 - 14, footnote on page 388, 286 - 316, 242〕〔Biography at the (Space Show ), 2006〕 He then pursued a career in popular science writing.
In 1984, he began studying plasma phenomena and laboratory fusion devices, performing experimental work on a machine called a dense plasma focus (DPF). Lerner received funding from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1994 and 2001 to explore whether the dense plasma focus could be an effective ion thruster to propel spacecraft.〔Kenneth Chang, ("Practical Fusion, or Just a Bubble?" ), New York Times, February 27, 2007〕〔(JPL Contract 959962 ), pg 8, and JPL Contract 960283〕 He believes that a dense plasma focus can also be used to produce useful aneutronic fusion energy.〔Patrick Huyghe, ("3 Ideas That Are Pushing the Edge of Science" ), Discover Magazine, June 2008〕〔(A Novel Form of Fusion Power ), The Economist, October 22, 2009〕 Lerner explained his "Focus Fusion" approach in a 2007 Google Tech Talk. On November 14, 2008, Lerner received funding for continued research, to test the scientific feasibility of Focus Fusion. On October 15, 2009, the DPF device "Focus Fusion-1" achieved its first pinch. On January 28, 2011, LPP published initial results including experimental shots with considerably higher fusion yields than the historical DPF trend. In March, 2012, the company announced that it had achieved temperatures of 1.8 billion degrees, beating the old record of 1.1 billion that had survived since 1978. One independent expert stated that they were not close to a commercial fusion reactor with this device.
Lerner is also an active general science writer, estimating that he has had about 600 articles published.〔 He has received journalism awards between 1984 and 1993 from the Aviation Space Writers Association. In 2006 he was a Visiting Scientist at the European Southern Observatory in Chile.〔(ESO Senior Visits in 2006 ), (activities ), and (ESO Santiago Science Colloquia and Seminars 2006 )〕
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