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\n\n\n\n\n
\"Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seeing is believing, or not?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie with Prof. Dan Shechtman at the
\nNobel Prize press conference (October 5th, 2011)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n


\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Milestones on the Path to the Nobel Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>1912<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
1st Cornerstone<\/a> of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is laid.<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>1941<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nShechtman is born.<\/span><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>1966<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nShechtman receives his Bsc from Technion.<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1968<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shechtman receives his Msc from Technion.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>1972<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shechtman receives his Phd from Technion.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>1982<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dan Shechtman discovers Shechtmanite <\/a>(quasicrystals), observing the icosahedral phase in rapidly solidified aluminum transition metal alloys<\/span><\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>1982-84<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Shechtman ridiculed, and his paper rejected for publication.<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1984<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Shechtman\u2019s discovery appears in <\/span>Physical Review Letters<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1984-1987<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Support follows from physicists and mathematicians. Chemist Linus Pauling<\/a> continues until his death in 1994 to deny Shechtman\u2019s discovery.<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1987<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Findings presented at Australian crystallography conference and Shechtman finally begins to gain recognition <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1988<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

The International Award for New Materials of the American Physical Society<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1990<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Rothschild Prize in Engineering<\/a><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1991<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
International Union of Crystallography<\/a> amends its definition of crystals<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1993<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Weizmann Science Award \u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1996<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Elected member of the Israel Academy of Sciences<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1997<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Elected Honorary Member of Materials Research Society of India <\/a>(MRSI) <\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>1998<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Israel Prize<\/a> in Physics; Honorary Member of ISIS-Symmetry<\/a> (International Society for Interdisciplinary Sciences); Honorary Member of the Israel Society for Microscopy<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n\"\"<\/a>1999<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Wolf Prize<\/a> in Physics, \u201cfor the experimental discovery of quasicrystals which inspired the exploration of a new fundamental state of matter\u201d; Honorary Member of the Israel Crystallographic Association \u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>2000<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Gregori Aminoff Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences<\/a>; Member of the American National Academy of Engineering<\/a>; Honorary Member of the French Physical Society<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>2002<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
EMET Prize<\/a> for Science, Art and Culture, \u201cfor his pioneering contribution to the discovery of quasicrystals which revolutionized the understanding of solid state science\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>2004<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Member of the European Academy of Sciences<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>2006<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Honorary Member of the Japan Institute of Metals<\/a> \u201cin recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of metallurgy and materials science\u201d <\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>2007<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
International Symposium: Quasicrystals – The Silver Jubilee, Tel Aviv <\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>2008<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
European Materials Research Society<\/a> 25th Anniversary Award <\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>2011<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Symposium to Honor Distinguished Prof. Dan Shechtman on his 70th Birthday<\/a>, Technion.<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>2011<\/span><\/div>\n
Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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