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Bénédicte Menez receives the Prix Grelaud from the Académie des Sciences

Bénédicte Menez receives the Prix Grelaud from the Académie des Sciences

Publication date: 25/11/2008

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The biennial Léon Grelaud, Fernand Holweck and Marie Guido Triossi prize is awarded alternately in geophysics and geology to scientists who have made an invention for the benefit of humanity.

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