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Born November 22, 1904 • Lyon • France
Died November 17, 2000 (aged 95) • France
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1970)
Subjects Of Study Néel temperature • magnetism • solid
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Percy Williams Bridgman
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Ivar Giaever, 1966.
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Japanese physicist
John H. Van Vleck
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Philip W. Anderson
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Marie Curie
Marie Curie
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Becquerel, Henri
Henri Becquerel
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Alain Aspect
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Pierre Agostini
Pierre Agostini
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Anne L'Huillier
Anne L’Huillier
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Serge Haroche.
Serge Haroche
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Georges Charpak
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Gabriel Lippmann
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Jean Perrin
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