Pier Luigi Ighina

Italian engineer and experimental inventor discussed here as the proponent of controversial magnetic theories (including the 'magnetic atom' and a double-vortex model) and several experimental devices described in reviews and the book Il Profeta Sconosciuto.

Described in the review as an engineer (not a mathematician); associated with devices such as the magnetic chair, magnetic cannon, anti-seismic spiral, cloud propeller and flying-disc projects. The review reports that he claimed a (secret) collaboration with Guglielmo Marconi and that there was an International Center for Magnetic Studies (Imola) linked to his activities. The review presents his ideas about stationary planets, a double vortex model of light and magnetism, and the 'magnetic atom' discovered via microscope observation.

The available review frames Pier Luigi Ighina as an Italian engineer-inventor with controversial theories about magnetism and the 'double vortex'. It describes several of his proposed devices (magnetic chair, magnetic cannon, anti-seismic spiral) and presents Ighina as visionary yet marginalized. The reviewer expresses a desire for holistic science and rates the subject with moderate appreciation.

For:Readers interested in fringe science, alternative theories of physics, and unconventional inventors.