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1456:Ernst Ruska
1145:Microscopes
1053:with matter
1051:interaction
932:Robin Saxby
899:Leo Beranek
893:F. C. Kohli
854:Eugene Wong
777:Akio Morita
753:Erich Bloch
636:Ernst Weber
330:Third World
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155:Citizenship
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1664:Categories
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1136:Stigmator
842:Ray Stata
771:Ken Olsen
674:1976–2000
524:1953–1975
370:from the
368:IRI Medal
261:Biography
257:in 1938.
128:Brantford
1636:Category
1583:CrysTBox
1571:Software
1242:Cryo-TEM
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425:Bibcode
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1578:CASINO
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1393:PINEM
1259:HRTEM
1254:EFTEM
1608:IUCr
1542:JEOL
1413:WBDF
1408:WDXS
1358:EBIC
1353:EELS
1348:ECCI
1336:EBSD
1316:CBED
1264:STEM
650:and
514:IEEE
279:Ph.D
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1373:FIB
1341:TKD
1331:EDS
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