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The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

A history of the development of buckminsterfullerene, and a meditation on the nature of scientific discovery and development.

ScienceScience · high confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceOpen Library: science -> ScienceOpen Library: Materials science -> ScienceScience & DiscoveryMedicine, Health & the Body

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor1996FinalistSecondary source
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