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NOBEL LAUREATE RICHARD SMALLEY DIES
Small Times ^
| 10/28/05
| Small Times staff
Posted on 10/28/2005 2:11:17 PM PDT by null and void
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He contributed in his own small way...
To: null and void
He was smart enough, strong enough, and gosh darn it...people liked him.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:14:53 PM PDT
by
AndrewB
To: null and void
62 from Cancer. Ironically, many feel that nanotech offers one of the most promising methods for treating the majority of Cancers. Good U of M grad RIP.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:15:43 PM PDT
by
TCats
To: null and void; AndrewB
. . . and he was a leadpenny.
RIP
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:16:42 PM PDT
by
leadpenny
To: sionnsar
For your Geezer Geek Ping list?
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:17:27 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The fault, dear Brutus, lies not with the Stars, but within ourselves)
To: null and void
He contributed in his own small way...*************
Funny. :)
R.I.P., Smalley.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:17:27 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: leadpenny
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:17:53 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The fault, dear Brutus, lies not with the Stars, but within ourselves)
To: trisham
I try. I'm always amazed at how names fit careers/lives. Someone named Smalley working in nanotech, for one of countless examples.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:19:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The fault, dear Brutus, lies not with the Stars, but within ourselves)
To: martin_fierro
Not exactly Silicon Valley, but...
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:20:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The fault, dear Brutus, lies not with the Stars, but within ourselves)
To: null and void
This good fellow was a regular brainiac from the planet Smartron. His power of invention will shape the future.
Rest in Peace, sir.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:21:11 PM PDT
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi!)
To: The KG9 Kid
Yeah. Otherwise buckminsterfullerene would have been called soccerballene...
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:23:05 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The fault, dear Brutus, lies not with the Stars, but within ourselves)
To: null and void
Someone this young working on something so important and revolutionary ... life's not fair, durnit!
To: null and void
Wow, a Nobel Prize winner who actually deserved one.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:43:33 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: null and void
I had the honor of meeting with him a couple of times. He contributed greatly to our civilization. May his dreams be made real.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:53:08 PM PDT
by
darth
To: manwiththehands
No, nor is it unfair. It just is.
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:56:19 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The fault, dear Brutus, lies not with the Stars, but within ourselves)
To: darth
Tell us about him please?
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:56:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The fault, dear Brutus, lies not with the Stars, but within ourselves)
To: null and void
Why oh why couldn't this have been STEWART Smalley?
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posted on
10/28/2005 2:58:41 PM PDT
by
No Longer Free State
(No event has just one cause, no person has just one motive, no action has just the intended effect.)
To: null and void
I know that. I was just getting a little (sniff sniff) emotional, ya' know. :)
To: manwiththehands
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:05:17 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The only thing that wakes you up faster than coffee is spilled coffee...)
To: null and void
He had a gift for making very complex science understandable. As a scientist he had the vision to push commercialization while many were content with basic research. The company he founded has an incredible string of nanotech patents. His high-pressure, carbon monoxide process for making nanotubes holds the promise of making a refinery waste gas into the world's most valuable and versatile new material, single walled carbon nanotubes. I'm sure there will be informative eulogies written.
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:10:43 PM PDT
by
darth
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