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  1. 1853-1926. Dutch physicist, who worked mainly
  2. in the field of low-temperature physics. In
  3. 1911, he discovered the phenomenon of
  4. superconductivity (enhanced electrical
  5. conductivity at very low temperatures), for
  6. which he was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize for
  7. Physics.
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