Let's make this birthday one to remember.

84 years old (Born on January 24, 1941)

Happy birthday to the remarkable Dan Shechtman! Your groundbreaking discovery of quasicrystals challenged conventions—creating structures that were beautifully ordered yet charmingly unpredictable, much like your own exceptional journey. Winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 proved that sometimes being "quasi-periodic" beats fitting into ordinary patterns!

Not content with revolutionizing chemistry alone, your bold presidential candidacy in 2014 perfectly displayed how scientists can think both inside and outside the ballot box. May your special day be filled with laughter, joyful chaos, and perhaps even cake slices arranged in intriguingly aperiodic patterns—or better yet, voted unanimously delicious! Mazel tov!