Pier Luigi Ighina (1908 in Milan - 2004 in Imola), was an Italian researcher. His unorthodox theories on electromagnetism are not recognized by the scientific community.
Pier Luigi Ighina studied in Milan Electronics and Radio Transmission and worked at Magneti Marelli, CGE (Compagnia Generale di Elettricità) and then at Ansaldo Lorenz in Genova. He claimed to be the assistant of Guglielmo Marconi for a number of scientific findings. However, no official proof of these collaborations are known.
His theories involve the concept of the pulsing "Magnetic Atom" at the base of the matter. This "Magnetic Atom" could be scattered into magnetic monopoles, whose interactions are at the basis of life and matter. Waves of magnetic atoms are continuously exchanged between the Sun and the Earth, with a proper frequency and shape. Based on this claims, Ighina built some extravagant machines: in particular one to prevent earthquakes and one other to make it rain. his discoveries and inventions were considered mysterious and nothing short of revolutionary. For years he was assistant to Guglielmo Marconi, from whom he learned some secrets about physics that would be useful for his future theories.[1] However, Ighina did not patent any of his machines and findings.
The famous Italian musician Franco Battiato cited directly the claims of Ighina in his album Pollution (1972).