The 2009 Physics Nobel Prize

Authors

  • José Maria Filardo Bassalo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2010v27n2p394

Abstract

<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> In this article we will talk about the Nobel Prize in Physics 2009, granted to the physicists north-americans: Charles Kuen Kao (born in China), for its discovery of the process of transmission of light in optical fibers; and Willard Sterling Boyle (born in Canada) and George Elwood Smith, for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor.

Published

2010-09-01

How to Cite

Bassalo, J. M. F. (2010). The 2009 Physics Nobel Prize. Caderno Brasileiro De Ensino De Física, 27(2), 394–406. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2010v27n2p394

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