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When Dan Shechtman made the groundbreaking discovery of quasiperiodic crystals, he was met with disbelief and mockery. Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling even went so far as to say that There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists. Despite the criticism, Shechtman was eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery.

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When Dan Shechtman made the groundbreaking discovery of quasiperiodic crystals, he was met with disbelief and mockery. Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling even went so far as to say that “There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists.” Despite the criticism, Shechtman was eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery.

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