The discovery of buckminsterfullerine, a previously unknown form of carbon, surprised the scientific community as much for the discovery as for the manner in which it came about. Here was a new, almost perfect carbon form with potential applications, discovered almost as a side project. This text recounts the events leading up to the discovery of the "buckyball" and explores the many new doors this scientific breakthrough may open.
- ISBN10 047110938X
- ISBN13 9780471109389
- Publish Date 9 August 1995 (first published November 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 31 May 2002
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 350
- Language English