Panayotis Varotsos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Βαρώτσος) is a Greekphysicist (b. 1947), professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens, notable for his VAN method to predict earthquakes. His group claims the ability to identify electromagnetic signals that are precursors to earthquakes. They suggest the precursors are generated by electricity from piez-electric effects in rocks being stressed just prior to the earthquake rupture. There is not conclusive evidence that the electromagnetic signals are generated deep in the Earth, and the scientific community is quite skeptical that VAN has the claimed predictive power. A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greek: Εθνικόν και ΚαποδιστÏιακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens, is the oldest university in the region of the eastern Mediterranean and has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837. ... The VAN method is an experimental earthquake prediction method. ... This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ...
Recent claims by PanayotisVarotsos of the University of Athens that he and two colleagues, Kessar Alexopoulos and Kostas Nomicos, have developed a reliable system of earthquake prediction, known as the VAN method (after the initials of their last names), have fueled an intense scientific controversy.
Varotsos maintains that he has correctly predicted the location, time, and magnitude of a number of earthquakes.
Varotsos and his colleagues respond to each of these criticisms.
Papazachos has always attracted publicity in his country Greece, which is highly seismogenic and has been tormented by many earthquakes both in historic and prehistoric times.
He is an ardent opposer of PanayotisVarotsos and the VAN method for earthquake forecast, which he called "the greatest science joke of the century".
Vassilis Papazachos has also been involved in Greek politics for long time.
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