Nobel Prize: Physics
This year’s physics Nobel was split between Charles Kao for breakthroughs in fiber optics for one half, and Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for the CCD sensor for the other. Both halves not only represented new scientific discoveries but have become the foundation of our digital communications.
To find out more, read the Nobel committee’s scientific background report, check out City of Light here at Collins Library, or read J. R. Janesick’s Duelling Detectors. Or, try our physics resources to hunt down the primary research reports…
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