Ideas do not always come in a flash, but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.

                                                                               ---- 高锟（Charles K. Kao）

1.Charles K. Kao

Facts

Charles Kuen Kao
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

Born: 4 November 1933, Shanghai, China

Died: 23 September 2018, Hong Kong, N/A

Affiliation at the time of the award: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, United Kingdom; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Prize motivation: “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”

Prize share: 1/2

In 1942, young Charles Kao (second from left) with his family.

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