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Sillanpää

American  
[sil-lahn-pa] / ˈsɪl lɑnˌpæ /

noun

  1. Frans Eemil 1888–1964, Finnish author: Nobel Prize 1939.

Sillanpää British  
/ ˈsillɑmpæː /

noun

  1. Frans Eemil (frans ˈeːmil). 1888–1964, Finnish writer, noted for his novels Meek Heritage (1919) and The Maid Silja (1931): Nobel prize for literature 1939

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The new developments, while exciting, are “not for mobile phones,” Sillanpää says dryly.

From Scientific American • May 6, 2021

Sillanpää says his drumheads may be better suited to precision measurement.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2018

“When we took the data, we had no idea if we were entangled or not,” Sillanpää says.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2018

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