Louis Néel
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Louis Eugène Félix Néel was a French physicist born in Lyon who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his studies of the magnetic properties of solids.
Néel in 1970
Polygone Scientifique
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The Polygone Scientifique, nowadays known as Presqu'Île is a neighborhood of the city of Grenoble in France. It includes a significant number of research centers in a peninsula between Isère and Drac.
Louis Néel
…an explanation of the weak magnetism of certain rocks, making possible the study of the history of Earth's magnetic field. He is the instigator of the Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble. The Louis Néel Medal, awarded annually by the European Geophysical Society, is named in Néel's honour…
View of the Polygone Scientifique in 2008.