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... in science, we often have predecessors much further back in time than we think a priori.

— Louis Eugène Félix Néel

... en matière scientifique, on a souvent des prédécesseurs beaucoup plus anciens qu'on ne le pense a priori.

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mentionning Pierre de Maricourt who thoroughly studied magnetic materials in the 13th century. In his Nobel Prize Banquet speech, December 10, 1970.

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