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Paul Lauterbur

Scientist · born May 6, 1929 · died 2007

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Paul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible.

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  1. ~58Received the National Medal of Science1987
  2. ~58Received the IEEE Medal of Honor1987
  3. ~59Received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation1988
  4. ~74Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2003

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