John Goodenough, how's that for a cool name.
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the Nobel Prize winner whose development of lithium ion batteries helped create ‘a rechargable world’, has died at 100.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/27/us/john-goodenough-nobel-prize-winner-bat...
Never heard of him. Cool name/life time accomplishment
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Goodenough is not an uncommon
Goodenough is not an uncommon Quaker name.
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I did not know that. Thanks
I did not know that. Thanks for the name trivia, Judit.
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I went to a Quaker (Society
I went to a Quaker (Society of Friends) high school and learned all kinds of things like that.
Take care, Jaz.
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I know someone with the last
I know someone with the last name Wellbeloved.
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Larry Goodenough, Canadian
Larry Goodenough, Canadian ice hockey player 50 years ago, Stanley Cup winner.
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I worked for a big insurance
I worked for a big insurance company in the early 80s doing 401(k) plan administration, and ran across a lot of last names I had never seen before. The weirdest of the bunch was Mooseless, which I suppose fits just exactly perfect under Dave's pic of Boris.
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>>>He became the oldest Nobel
>>>He became the oldest Nobel Prize winner at 97 when he was awarded the 2019 prize in chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries, alongside M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino.
Thanks, jaz. I love the back story of how things come to be.