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Swiss physicist.

Born January 28th, 1884 in Basel.

Died March 24th, 1962 at 78 years old in Lausanne (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
Privatdozent, balloonist, explorer, physicist, university teacher
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel