About Paul Palmer
Lived 1926 – 2011 (aged 84–85). Paul Palmer was a geophysicist.
E. Paul Palmer (1926–2011) was a Brigham Young University physicist who specialized in geophysics. He coined the term "cold fusion". However he was an early critic of Fleischmann and Pons's claims to have developed a useful method of cold fusion.
Palmer served in the US Navy during World War II. He later served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the East Central States Mission (primarily Tennessee and Kentucky). He received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Utah.
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Who was Paul Palmer?
American geophysicist
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Paul Palmer was born in 1926.
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Paul Palmer died in 2011.
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Paul Palmer was a geophysicist.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Paul Palmer. https://biography.guide/paul-palmer-geophysicist/
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