Possibly one of the most important invention of the 20th century

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    His other accomplishments.

    Dr Goodenough started his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked for 24 years and helped develop random-access memory for the computer.

    There, he became one of the founders of the modern theory of magnetism, which has played a pivotal role in the field of telecommunications.

    We lost a great one.

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      Dr Goodenough started his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked for 24 years and helped develop random-access memory for the computer.

      Sounds like your typical entry-level job if you ask me.

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    Heck of a last name for someone who did so damn much to move technology forward.

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    Wow he got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at 97 years old and the article makes it sound like he was working on new battery tech pretty recently.

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    Such an obssessive need we have, to claim ‘inventors’ for everything!! Oh, I guess ‘clickbait’ answers that one.

    Wasn’t it Jeff Dahn (along with colleagues) at Dalhousie University who found the final piece of the puzzle in developing the Li-Ion battery? https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990JElS..137.2009F/abstract

    He is simply one of the co-creators who SHARED the Nobel prize for DEVELOPMENT which helped to transform the technology.

    Goodenough and Koichi in 1979 helped with the positive electrode material that helped early commercial batteries LiCoO2 and Goodenough’s name does appear as one of many ‘inventors’ who worked on this.

    However, there are many many names involved - we don’t really have ‘inventors’ these days. We also find that most famous inventors are simply people who claimed credit for other folks work.

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      Yes, scientific discoveries aren’t inventions, but they aren’t any less significant. You don’t need to downplay his accomplishments.

      You say “many many names involved” and put SHARED in upper case but there were only two other that’s shared the Nobel Prize with him, Michael Wittingham and Akira Yoshino.

      He was also sole recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2011 among a lot of other awards. He was well respected in his field.

      He led a team to patent glass batteries which has the potential to change the world by decreasing the cost of production.

      There are many battery researchers whose work basically stops at a research paper. Goodenough research is actually being used in battery construction now and may continue to do so. He also worked with several other battery startups. We have yet to see what they will accomplish off his work.

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        I just hope whoever advances the Next Big Thing also has a similarly great name.

        Iron oxide batteries invented by Ima Dagreatest? Zinc air batteries created by B. D. Best?

        Time will tell I suppose…

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    I love that he was still pursuing breakthroughs even into his twilight years. Wonder what will become of his latest work, which apparently held great promise. RIP