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Panayiotis Varotsos (; born November 28, 1947 in
''Maxwell Equations and Earthquakes, News from VAN Research Group''
May 2004 (in Greek). Retrieved on 07-08-2016 from Physics4u. * New Scientist Environment
''Heartbeats warn of sudden death risk''
March 31, 2004. Retrieved on 07-08-2016 from
''Research University Institutes''
July 1, 2005 (in Greek). 2007-06-02.
19-02-2015 (in Greek). Retrieved on 07-08-2016. Greek seismologists 21st-century Greek physicists Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 1947 births Living people 20th-century Greek physicists People from Patras {{Physicist-stub
Panayiotis Varotsos (; born November 28, 1947 in Patras
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) is a Greek
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physicist
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and former professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens
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, notable for his VAN method
The VAN method – named after P. Varotsos, K. Alexopoulos anK. Nomicos authors of the 1981 papers describing it – measures low frequency electric signals, termed "seismic electric signals" (SES), by which Varotsos and several colleagues claimed ...
to predict earthquake
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s.
His group claims the ability to identify electromagnetic signals that are precursors to earthquakes. They suggest the precursors are generated by electricity from piezo-stimulated effects in rocks being stressed just prior to the earthquake rupture. Onassis Foundation Laureate for the Environment (1995). Also awarded by the Academy of Athens (1978) and Empeirikion Foundation (1986). In 2016 the Union of Greek Physicists honoured him for his work with a prize delivered by the President of Greece
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Works
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Further reading
* Physics Web''Maxwell Equations and Earthquakes, News from VAN Research Group''
May 2004 (in Greek). Retrieved on 07-08-2016 from Physics4u. * New Scientist Environment
''Heartbeats warn of sudden death risk''
March 31, 2004. Retrieved on 07-08-2016 from
New Scientist
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* S.N. Kodellas''Research University Institutes''
July 1, 2005 (in Greek). 2007-06-02.
19-02-2015 (in Greek). Retrieved on 07-08-2016. Greek seismologists 21st-century Greek physicists Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 1947 births Living people 20th-century Greek physicists People from Patras {{Physicist-stub