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English 5 October 2011 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan Shechtman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel “for the discovery of quasicrystals” A remarkable mosaic of atoms In quasicrystals, we find the fascinating mosaics of the Arabic world reproduced at the level of atoms: regular patterns…

Websites Shechtman, D., Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, http://materials.technion.ac.il/shechtman.html Lifshitz, R., Introduction to quasicrystals, Interviews and lectures (video and slide show) Shechtman, D. (2010) Quasicrystals, a new form of matter, Senechal, M. (2011) Quasicrystals gifts to mathematics, Steurer, W. (2011) Fascinating quasicrystals, Steinhardt, P.J., What are quasicrystals?, http://www.physics.princeton.edu/~steinh/QuasiIntro.ppt Popular science articles Shtull-Trauring, A. (2011)…

5 oktober 2011 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i kemi år 2011 till Dan Shechtman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel “för upptäckten av kvasikristaller” Märklig mosaik i materiens inre I kvasikristaller återfinns arabvärldens fascinerande mosaiker på atomnivå: regelbundna mönster som aldrig upprepar sig. Upptäckten av kvasikristaller stred mot all logik, och Dan Shechtman…

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Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. She became involved in a students’ revolutionary organization and found it prudent to leave Warsaw, then in the part of Poland…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1911* Radium and the New Concepts in Chemistry Some 15 years ago the radiation of uranium was discovered by Henri Becquerel, and two years later the study of this phenomenon was extended to other substances, first by me, and then by Pierre Curie and myself. This study rapidly led us to…

Artist: Sofia Gisberg Source: Witkacy at en.wikipedia [public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Question: When was Marie Curie born? Answer: Marie Curie was born on 7 November 1867. Question: When did she die? Answer: Marie Curie died on 4 July 1934, in Savoy, France. She died of aplastic anaemia, a blood disease that often results from exposure to large amounts of radiation. Question: Where was she born? Answer:…

Nobel Lecture, December 9, 1985 Recovering Phase Information from Intensity Data Pdf 786 kB