Rick Smalley

Schaefer has few regrets when it comes to missed scientific opportunities. The one in particnlar that he notes is Cgg- He met with Professor Rick Smalley days after the discovery of Cgg, but didn t get excited abont it. 

Rick Smalley was a major contributor to the public debates on energy and nanotechnology. He pushed world governments, especially that of the United States, to plan for the doubling of world population and the disappearance of petroleum by 2050. He was a champion of renewable energy, particularly solar power and Its economical distribution worldwide. In 1985, K. Eric... 

I usually start any seminar I give with a slide taken (with permission) from Rick Smalley. Smalley won the Nobel Prize in 1996 for his part in discovering Ceo, Buckminsterfullerene, a new form of carbon wrapped up into a soccer ball sphere. But in the final years of his life, Smalley was on a clear mission to alert the public and the scientific community to the urgency of key issues facing the world today. He d ask the audience to identify the top 10 issues that should be addressed to improve the quality of life— globally—before the middle of this... 

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