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# Richard Smalley

(1943–2005)   Chemist

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Richard Smalley was a chemist.

## Quick Facts About Richard Smalley

Born June 6, 1943

Died October 28, 2005

Profession Chemist

## About Richard Smalley

Richard Errett Smalley was an American chemist who was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy at Rice University. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene, also known as buckyballs. He was an advocate of nanotechnology and its applications.

##  Quotes by Richard Smalley

> [Evolution has just been dealt its death blow. After reading Origins of Life with my background in chemistry and physics, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-smalley/evolution-has-just-been-dealt-its-death-blow-after-reading-origins-of/)

Richard Smalley

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/richard-smalley-68674_backgrounds_evolution-has-just-been-dealt-its-death_1226349.jpg)

> [ We'd like to make it \[bucky fiber\] in a continuous fiber, roll it on a drum, and go fishing with it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-smalley/we-d-like-to-make-it-bucky-fiber-in-a-continuous-fiber-roll-it-on-a/)

Richard Smalley

[Chemistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chemistry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/richard-smalley-68674_chemistry_we-d-like-to-make-it-bucky-fiber-in-a-co_1331570.jpg)

> [If it ain't tubes, we don't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-smalley/if-it-ain-t-tubes-we-don-t-do-it/)

Richard Smalley

[Chemistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chemistry/)

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> [Be a scientist, save the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-smalley/be-a-scientist-save-the-world/)

Richard Smalley

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