title: Elegance and empiricism.
abstract: C60 was discovered in 1985 but it took five years to confirm that this famous molecule was spherical. Chris Toumey revisits a debate that highlighted different approaches to science.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina NanoCenter, USA. Toumey@mailbox.sc.edu
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toumey
mesh_terms: D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000266:history; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; C069837:fullerene C60