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Shining a light on a forgotten figure in science history

Penn State Professor Peter Heaney has uncovered and translated a buried interview from 1963 with German scientist Walter Friedrich, a forgotten pioneer of X-ray diffraction and materials science and engineering, shining some light on the Friedrich's vital yet forgotten role in a Nobel Prize-winning discovery.

February 25, 2021

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