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Nobel Prize in Physics 1991

"for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers"

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Button France
Button born 1932
Button CA - College de France, Paris, France
Button AA - College de France
Button WA - College de France & University of Paris-South 11, Orsay, France
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*Explanation of CA, AA & WA*


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Explanation of Institutional Affiliations:
Current Affiliation (CA)
The Laureate's current or last affiliation.
Award Affiliation (AA)
The institution(s) with which the Laureate was officially associated when s/he did the Nobel award work.
Work Affiliation (WA)
Where the actual Nobel work was performed. Particularly in recent years, work leading to experimental discoveries is often conducted at one of a few large physics laboratories in the world.

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