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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 21
(2016) pp 113-114
Harold W. Kroto (1939–2016): Nobel Laureate of Buckyball Fame, An Obituary
George B. Kauffman* and Laurie M. Kauffman
Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu
Published: 30 May 2016
Abstract. The personal and professional life of 1996 Nobel Laureate Sir Harold W. Kroto (1939–2016) with an emphasis on his work on buckminsterfullerenes are discussed in this obituary.
Key Words: Chemistry and History; Obituaries; Nobel prizes; buckminsterfullerenes; history of chemistry; new forms of carbon
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu)
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