Hi All, Gee, maybe WE can be a virtual meeting place / sharing space, for Nobel-types to gather and share with the world...?
- Randy On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:19 PM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Jan Visser <jvis...@learndev.org> wrote: > >> >> 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 think it's highly apropos having buckminsterfullerene on "ET math" page > given Dr. Kroto was scanning the intragalactic cosmos when he found this > spectral peak in the C60 region. > > Many polymer chemists were sure it was just a long carbon chain, however > Rice University in Texas had the laser power to simulate the cosmos in the > lab, where C60 could be purified and studied in some detail. > > That the third allotrope of carbon is like a soccer ball was one of the > great discoveries of the 20th century, led to carbon cage studies more > generally, including of nanotubes. > > >> >> 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 >> > > That's good to know about. > > I hang out with a bunch of Cal Tech alums (isepp.org), some of whom knew > Linus Pauling, another Nobel, with a special collection at Oregon State > University (shared with Ava). Our meeting house is Pauling's boyhood home, > where his passion for chemistry really took off (or so we might speculate). > > That cuboctahedral packing of what look to be wooden balls in my user page > gallery is actually from this OSU collection, photo taken when on tour. > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Image:Cuboctahedralpacking.jpg > > http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2008/11/excellent-adventure.html (more > local history, field trip to OSU) > > Looking forward to more chatting, > > Kirby > > User:KirbyUrner > (linked from Kirbyurner on Wikipedia) > > > >> >> -- >> Jan Visser, Ph.D. >> President & Sr. Researcher, Learning Development Institute >> E-mail: jvis...@learndev.org >> Check out: http://www.learndev.org and http://www.facebook.com/learndev >> Blog: http://jvisser-ldi.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator@googlegroups.com >> ] >> On Behalf Of kirby urner >> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:23 PM >> To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Freely downloadable resources for science, >> engineering and technology >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Jan Visser <jvis...@learndev.org> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > >>> from mars import math > http://www.wikieducator.org/Martian_Math > > > > > -- Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. ________________ Randy Fisher, MA, OMD Senior Consultant & Facilitator, Intersol Group, Canada Senior Consultant, Organization & Business Development International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org +1 613.230.6424 x144 (EST) Skype: wikirandy Twitter: wikirandy * Stakeholder Engagement, Change / Transition Management & Performance * Organization Design & Development * Sustainable Project Implementation & Community-Building * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Communities of Practice * Coaching & Facilitation * My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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