Yes, that's another connection with Kroto. I like your Martian Math page. Thanks also for the link to the page on "The Naming of Buckminsterfullerene." Kroto, of course, got the Nobel in 1996 for his part in the co-discovery of buckminsterfullerene, a form of pure carbon made up of 60 carbon atoms, which you also mention on your Martian Math page.
I have followed Kroto's work at Florida State University in setting up the repository I mentioned over the past couple of years. Its growth has been impressive. He has been very effective in mobilizing his friends and colleagues from around the world to contribute. Jan -- Jan Visser, Ph.D. President & Sr. Researcher, Learning Development Institute E-mail: [email protected] Check out: http://www.learndev.org and http://www.facebook.com/learndev Blog: http://jvisser-ldi.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kirby urner Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Freely downloadable resources for science, engineering and technology On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Jan Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > GEOSET (Global Educational Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology) > is a repository of freely downloadable educational resources in the area of > science, engineering and technology available at http://www.geoset.info/. I > thought it might interest members of our WE community. Nobel Laureate in > Chemistry, Harry Kroto, has been instrumental in putting this together and > making it grow. Kroto participated in a panel discussion on NPR's Science > Friday last September 25. Listen to him (or download the mp3 file) at > http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200909253. > > > > Jan > This is interesting to me. I was tracking Kroto and others leading up to the Nobel, looking over shoulder of one E.J. Applewhite.[1] Got to meet the guy at first international conference on Buckyballs at Santa Barbara, 1995. I include mention of said buckyballs on my Martian Math page @ Wikieducator (nanotechnology section). Kirby [1] http://4dsolutions.net/synergetica/eja1.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
