I’m glad he was on our side of the war. I’ll admit I felt a twinge when it lead with “born in Germany 100 years ago.”
I don't think he'd have gotten much done for Germany before age 23. He served as a meteorologist for the US for a year.
Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
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Re: Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
#12It's still the most unbelievably ironic name for a pioneer/inventor.
Random, does anyone know how this name is actually pronounced (or, rather, how he pronounced it)? I think it would be awesome if it were actually "good enough".
Did some searching online but all the results seemed of dubious quality.
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#13imho his name belongs with borlaug and salk, it'll just take another decade to become clear.
Re: Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
#14It's still the most unbelievably ironic name for a pioneer/inventor.
There's a computer architect with the surname Lowe-Power https://cs.ucdavis.edu/directory/jason-lowe-power
Re: Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
#15It's still the most unbelievably ironic name for a pioneer/inventor.
Random, does anyone know how this name is actually pronounced (or, rather, how he pronounced it)? I think it would be awesome if it were actually "good enough". Did some searching online but all the results seemed of dubious quality.
I was wondering if it might be pronounced “good-in-ow”.
Re: Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
#16It's still the most unbelievably ironic name for a pioneer/inventor.
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Re: Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
#17It's still the most unbelievably ironic name for a pioneer/inventor.
On the contrary, innovation is often about being great at doing things "good enough" so that you can rapidly advance to the frontiers. Innovators must be pragmatic, and so they leave perfectionists in the dust.
Perhaps he meant to write "iconic" but misspelled, there's even a song in his name featured in Back To The Future.
Re: Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
#18Nikola Tesla was known as "The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century"
John B. Goodenough would be The Man Who Invented the 21th Century
Re: Remembering lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough
#19It's still the most unbelievably ironic name for a pioneer/inventor.
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#20Nikola Tesla was known as "The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century" John B. Goodenough would be The Man Who Invented the 21th Century
Not assigning a whole century during the first 23 years, could be Goodenough