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. 2010 Oct;5(10):693-4.
doi: 10.1038/nnano.2010.195. Epub 2010 Sep 19.

Elegance and empiricism

Chris Toumey  1
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Elegance and empiricism

Chris Toumey. Nat Nanotechnol. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

C60 was discovered in 1985 but it took five years to confirm that this famous molecule was spherical. Chris Toumey revisits a debate that highlighted different approaches to science.

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