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.
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Toumey, C. Elegance and empiricism. Nature Nanotech 5, 693–694 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.195
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