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Dan Shechtman

b. 1941

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Dan Shechtman (b. 1941) is an Israeli materials scientist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry (2011) for the discovery of quasicrystals, not biology. He is a professor at the Technion and Iowa State University, known for his persistence against scientific orthodoxy and his advocacy for empirical evidence over theoretical dogma.

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Quasicrystals: A New Class of Ordered Structures
The Discovery of Quasicrystals: A Personal Account
Icosahedral Quasicrystals: The First Twenty Years

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