Richard Smalley, nanotech pioneer, has died.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Dr. Richard Smalley, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his co-discovery of buckminsterfullerenes (“buckyballs”) has died. He was only 62.

He shared the prize with Dr. Robert Curl (who was actually my physical chemistry professor at Rice University), as well as Harold Kroto of Britain.

Dr. Smalley was a pioneer of the nanotechnology field and founded the Center for Nanoscale Science and Tecnology at Rice. I heard Dr. Smalley speak several times since graduating, and he was truly a visionary. He was also a pretty fun guy, being elected Rice’s Homecoming Queen in 1996, and listing this (along with the Nobel Prize) on his curriculum vitae. :smiley:

Links:
http://media.rice.edu/media/smalley.asp
http://news.com.com/Nano+visionary+Richard+Smalley+dies/2100-11395_3-5920538.html
http://giving.rice.edu/giving/Nanotechnology.asp

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What’s the over/under on number of times someone made a joke about his name being Smalley and working with nanotech?

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All I have to say is that the links above clearly show that he was good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people liked him.

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All I have to say is that the links above clearly show that he was good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people liked him.

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Sorry.

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I don’t know, but I think he should be buried in several million very small coffins.

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Ol’ Dick was clever enough to change the focus of those jokes.

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