Frasi di Richard Smalley

Richard Errett Smalley è stato un chimico statunitense, professore di chimica all'Università Rice.

È stato premiato con il Premio Nobel per la chimica nel 1996 per la scoperta del fullerene insieme a Robert Curl, anch'egli professore di chimica alla Rice, e a Harold Kroto, professore all'Università del Sussex.

Frequentò l'Hope College prima di trasferirsi all'Università del Michigan dove ricevette il suo B.S. nel 1965. Ricevette il suo Ph.D. dall'Università di Princeton nel 1973.

Ha lavorato sui nanotubi di carbonio e le tecnologie associate.

Smalley morì ad appena 62 anni di leucemia. Il Senato degli U.S.A. l'ha onorato proclamandolo "Father of Nanotechnology". Wikipedia

✵ 6. Giugno 1943 – 28. Ottobre 2005

“Recently I have gone back to church regularly with a new focus to understand as best I can what it is that makes Christianity so vital and powerful in the lives of billions of people today, even though almost 2000 years have passed since the death and resurrection of Christ. Although I suspect I will never fully understand, I now think the answer is very simple: it's true. God did create the universe about 13.7 billion years ago, and of necessity has involved Himself with His creation ever since. The purpose of this universe is something that only God knows for sure, but it is increasingly clear to modern science that the universe was exquisitely fine-tuned to enable human life. We are somehow critically involved in His purpose. Our job is to sense that purpose as best we can, love one another, and help Him get that job done.”

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Richard Smalley

May 2005, letter sent to the Hope College 2005 Alumni Banquet where he was awarded a distinguished alumni award; his illness prevented him from attending in person