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  1. Smalley, Richard Smalley, Richard E. Smalley, Richard Errett Smalleynoun

    American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)

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  1. Richard Smalley

    Richard Errett Smalley (June 6, 1943 – October 28, 2005) was an American chemist who was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy at Rice University. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene, also known as buckyballs. He was an advocate of nanotechnology and its applications.

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    Richard Smalley was a renowned American chemist and physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996, alongside Robert Curl and Harold Kroto, for their discovery of fullerenes, a new form of carbon molecule also known as "buckyballs". Born in 1943, Smalley significantly contributed to the development of nanotechnology with his discovery. He passed away in 2005.

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  1. Richard Smalley

    Richard Errett Smalley was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene, and was a leading advocate of nanotechnology and its many applications, including its use in creating strong but lightweight materials as well as its potential to fight cancer.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Richard Smalley in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Richard Smalley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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