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In the steps of grandfather, the Nobel prize laureate

Alexander Prokhorov at SBS

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Alexander Prokhorov Jr. heard about Australia when he was a kid from the stories of his grandfather, a great Soviet physicist awarded in 1964 the Nobel Prize for the creation of laser. Unfortunately, this trip could happen after grandfathers death, but the grandson is thrilled that in Australia there is more and more interest emerging to the figure of the scientist Alexander Prokhorov who born in Queensland.


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Alexander Prokhorov Jr. heard about Australia when he was a kid from the stories of his grandfather, a great Soviet physicist awarded in 1964 the Nobel Prize for the creation of laser. Unfortunately, this trip could happen after grandfathers death, but the grandson is thrilled that in Australia there is more and more interest emerging to the figure of the scientist Alexander Prokhorov who born in Queensland.



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