Richard Smalley

Definitions of Richard Smalley
  1. noun
    American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
    synonyms: Richard E. Smalley, Richard Errett Smalley, Smalley
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    chemist
    a scientist who specializes in chemistry
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