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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Born on October 24, 1932

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94th anniversary today

Today marks the 94th anniversary.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (French:; 24 October 1932 – 18 May 2007) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.

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