Now, can you imagine a world without batteries?The man who gave Lithium-ion batteries to the world is the world’s oldest Nobel Prize winner, John Bannister dies at 100.
Good enough died on Sunday at the age of 100. Here’s a tribute to the scientist’s legacy as a Nobel Laureate.
John Goodenough played a crucial role in developing lithium-ion batteries; he won the prize in 2019 for chemistry, sharing it with Stan Whittingham. Good Enough was also behind the development of random access memory, or RAM, for computers.
In 2013, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He was born in Germany in 1922 to American parents and served in the U.S. Sarmy, as a meteorologist, earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Yale University as well as a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago.
What makes good enough’s achievements Particularly intriguing is his battle with dyslexia in school, which made it difficult to understand lessons or keep up in the chapel.
He had been a professor at the University of Texas, which described him as a dedicated public servant, a sought-after mentor, and a brilliant yet humble inventor.
His students speak highly of his kindness and also his sense of humour, and recall that above all, his doors were always open to anyone for any kind of discussion, suggestion, or help for foreigners.
