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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

John W. Cahn

Title:

Fellow

Affiliation:

National Institute of Standards & Technology

Gaithersburg,Maryland 20877 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2016

Award Discipline:

Chemistry

Award Year:

1998

Citation:

"For his pioneering work on thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions and diffusion, on interfacial phenomena, and for his contributions to the understanding of periodic and quasi-periodic structures."

Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton at a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.

 

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