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160 – Sir Harry Kroto – Buckminsterfullerine

Author
Brains Matter
Published
Tue 12 Feb 2013
Episode Link
https://www.brainsmatter.com/?p=682

In today’s episode, I talk to Sir Harold Kroto, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the co-discovery of carbon-60, or Buckminsterfullerine.


He talked to me about the discover of carbon-60, as well as the state of science in the UK and worldwide.


This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.


Today’s listener of the episode is Renee Webster, from Melbourne, Australia.


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