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The Discovery of Fullerenes
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Build a Buckyball
Make a paper model of a fullerene, also known as a buckyball.
Other Web Sites

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Sussex Fullerene Research Centre
The Research Centre is where the research described in Discovery of Fullerenes took place under the leadership of Harry Kroto.
Richard Smalley
Richard shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of fullerenes along with Richard Curl, also of Rice, and Harry Kroto of Sussex University.
Nobel e-Museum
Here you will find comprehensive information about the the Nobel Prize.
The Creative Science Centre
Run by Jonathan Hare at the University of Sussex, the focus of the centre is to stimulate enthusiasm and experience of science by providing ideas, resources and supervision to enable students to create experiments for themselves.
New Scientist Hotspots: Chemistry
This is an extensive and well annotated list of Web resources for Chemistry.
Fullerene Science Module
Washington University gives an overview of fullerenes that is somewhat more technical than The Discovery of Fullerenes here on the SEED web site.
MDL Information Systems
The Chime plug-in used to view molecules in The Discovery of Fullerenes is provided by MDL .
Molecule of the Month
The Bristol Chemistry Department presents a new molecule each month with descriptions and images, many making use of the Chime plug-in that allows you to rotate the molecules with your mouse. Dozens of monthly molecules are archived.
Chemdex
This is a comprehensive index of chemistry resources on the Internet.
SEED
The Discovery of Fullerenes 
Beginning The Search
The Breakthrough
Spectroscopy
Winning the 1996 Nobel Prize
The Smallest Fullerene
Clue to One of Earth's Mysteries
Drawing the Football
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