The 2011 Nobel prize for chemistry has gone to Dan Shechtman
The 2011 Nobel prize for chemistry has gone to Dan Shechtman for the discovery of unusual quasicrystals that break all the rules when it comes to symmetry. The prize shows the rewards that perserverance can deliver after most other crystallographers were convinced Shechtman made a mistake.
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