George Hart (physicist)
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The first excimer laser was invented in 1970 by Nikolai Basov, yet Dr. Hart continued to take credit for having invented the eximer laser on several occasions from 2012 to 2013 while appering on the air on the Coast to Coast AM late-night talk show. Five years after its inception and two years after Northrop Corporation Research and Technology Center's team leader, Dr. Bhaumik announced the successful demonstration of the world's first efficient excimer laser at the Denver, Colorado meeting of the Optical Society of America in May 1973, Hart along with Naval Research Laboratory colleague, Stuart Searles, (also confer Charles Brau, James J. Ewing) invented (and patented) an excimer laser improvement. Hart also had nothing to do with the invention of LASIK, as the first patent was granted by the U.S. Patent Office to Dr. Gholam A. Peyman on June 20, 1989.
Hart specialized in the application of supercomputers to the mathematical modeling of systems exhibiting extremely complex behavior. As a consultant to the Pentagon, he continues to work on the next generation of Strategic Defense Initiative technology.
In 1989, Hart began an ongoing collaboration with futurist Paul Guercio which resulted in the creation of The MERLIN Project (Time-Pattern) research. MERLIN, a Fortran-written software program is claimed to be the first scientifically based forecasting technology that combines equations derived from celestial phenomena with past historical data and blends that information into a graphical time-line that accurately plots the chronology of future events. [vague]
A fact that is omitted in every webpage listing 'MERLIN' and 'Time Trak' is that it is pure and simple ASTROLOGY. It is as scientific as astrology, it makes claims to unspecified and undefined 'energy' which arises from 'celestial phenomena' (planetary positions).
Other, self-acknowledged ASTROLOGERS also use mathematical equations of celestial phenomena to make future predictions, using past historical data to guide them in what will happen the next time the same planetary aspects are formed. The difference between an astrologer and Dr. Hart & Mr. Guercio is that the former acknowledge that it is astrology, while the latter go to great measures to disguise and mislead from the fact that they are doing astrology, pure and simple.
Also note the misleading language on George Hart & Paul Guercio's other websites that imply a connection between the Pentagon and their astrological work on MERLIN and Timetrak. They make a claim of George Hart being a consultant on a completely unrelated issue. On their website, they make the claim that they sent in a white paper. So could anyone. That does NOT mean that the Pentagon values nor pays for their astrological work.
In 1992 he was awarded, along with five colleagues, the RANK Prize "For their discoveries leading to the development of the rare gas halide excimer lasers".
