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Dieser Song erzählt von John B. Goodenough (er heißt wirklich so!), einem innovativen Physiker und Materialforscher, der unter anderem das RAM erfunden hat. 2019 wurde ihm der Nobel-Preis für Chemie verliehen. Er schrieb über 800 wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und erhielt zahlreiche Ehrungen und Preise. Noch heute – im Alter von 98 Jahren(!) – arbeitet er an einer bahnbrechenden neuen Batterie. Der Anspruch, den sein Name bedeutet, scheint ihn zu diesen Höchstleistungen angespornt zu haben.
Den Text schrieb Richard Bellinghausen.
Den Text schrieb Richard Bellinghausen.
Still we dig deep for some oil in the ground
Scratch off the soil where more coal may be found
The atmosphere ruined by the greenhouse effect
Knowledge is met with complete disrespect
Desert now spreads where a garden should bloom
Man in his greed, agent of doom
Well, his friends liked to call him Johnny B. Goode
A country boy turning to poetry
It was later in life when John understood
With science he'd forge his own destiny
Any number of tricky questions to solve:
Computers in need of a memory
Out of energy storage problems evolved
A quest for the ultimate battery
Still shaking hands with disaster and fear
Building a wall, what a stupid idea
What do you do when your time's running out?
Stuff the usurpers keep rambling about?
Man in his pride will set fire to the Ark
Got a good sense of humour when he relates
How lawyers escaped with his property
It's too soon to retire, you just have to wait
Life's full of surprises eventually
International dialogue sought every day
Promote basic research, it's always tough
Now at age ninety-seven still leads the way
The legend, John Bannister Goodenough
Scratch off the soil where more coal may be found
The atmosphere ruined by the greenhouse effect
Knowledge is met with complete disrespect
Desert now spreads where a garden should bloom
Man in his greed, agent of doom
Well, his friends liked to call him Johnny B. Goode
A country boy turning to poetry
It was later in life when John understood
With science he'd forge his own destiny
Any number of tricky questions to solve:
Computers in need of a memory
Out of energy storage problems evolved
A quest for the ultimate battery
Still shaking hands with disaster and fear
Building a wall, what a stupid idea
What do you do when your time's running out?
Stuff the usurpers keep rambling about?
Man in his pride will set fire to the Ark
Got a good sense of humour when he relates
How lawyers escaped with his property
It's too soon to retire, you just have to wait
Life's full of surprises eventually
International dialogue sought every day
Promote basic research, it's always tough
Now at age ninety-seven still leads the way
The legend, John Bannister Goodenough
