Daniel Shechtman 's discovery was like the fall of the Berlin Wall , a scientist says . Before Dr. Shechtman 's discovery , this was thought impossible . Shechtman `` tore apart what we thought we knew , '' Peter Mueller of MIT says . Islamic tile patterns hundreds of years old help explain the discovery . Comment:
Daniel Shechtman 's discovery was like the fall of the Berlin Wall , a scientist says . Shechtman `` tore apart what we thought we knew , '' Peter Mueller of MIT says . Islamic tile patterns hundreds of years old help explain the discovery . Comment: