Bucky Balls Could Double Your Lifespan

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13. Buckyballs, an novel configuration of carbon atoms were

named for Buckminster Fuller because they appeared somewhat like the geodesic domes he designed. At the time he designed those domes, bucky balls were not known to crystallographers and physicists.

He had nothing to do with those forms of carbon. However, bucky balls were named for him, as were other related fullerenes. Buckminster Fuller had nothing to do with their discovery, but they were named in his honor. Nobody "designed" fullerenes or buckyballs. They were discovered.

You can look up buckyballs or fullerenes on Wikipedia. Buckminster Fuller was an amazing, inventive man, but he had nothing to do with fullerenes or buckyballs.