03.3 Perpetual Motion Machines

The American Physical Society deplores attempts to mislead and defraud the public based on claims of perpetual motion machines, or sources of unlimited useful energy, unsubstantiated by experimentally tested established physical principles.

Revision Approved by the Council on November 9, 2018 
Adopted by the Council on April 4, 2003
Category: Ethics and Values

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