Team accounts of the C60 discovery
There are several personal accounts by members of the team who made the C60 discovery. These reflect the different multidisciplinary perspectives that were necessary to make the discovery possible.
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Team accounts
- Sir Harry Kroto's day by day account of the discovery of C60: Buckminsterfullerene.
- Robert Curl's 'Dawn of the Fullerenes' lecture (PDF, 991KB).
- Robert Smalley's 'Discovering the Fullerenes' lecture (PDF, 2.5MB).
- 'The celestial sphere that fell to Earth' by Sir Harry Kroto (PDF, 2.25MB).
- '', a recording of Sir Harry Kroto's lecture.
- Jim Heath interview, ''.
Other accounts
- '', Chemical and engineering news.
- '' in 'The nanotech pioneers: where are they taking us?' by Steven A Edwards.
- 'Serendipity is no accident' by Robert Friedel (PDF, 589KB).
- 'Visualisations: the nature book of art and science' by Martin Kemp.
- '', National Historic Chemical Landmark.
- '', edited by Laura Garwin, Tim Lincoln.