Egon Orowan

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Science and technology

Knowledge cost

3

Influence

5

Resistance

3

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What Wikipedia says

Egon Orowan FRS (Hungarian: Orován Egon) (2 August 1902 – 3 August 1989) was a Hungarian-British physicist and metallurgist. He was key in introducing crystal dislocation into physics and understanding of how materials plastically deform under stress.

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