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Alfred Kastler
1902May, 3

Alfred Kastler

Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
Alfred Kastler (French: [kastlɛʁ]; 3 May 1902 – 7 January 1984) was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.

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