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George E. Smith
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For the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, see George P. Smith.
| George E. Smith | |
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| Born | George Elwood Smith May 10, 1930 White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Applied physics |
| Institutions | Bell Labs |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (PhD 1959) University of Pennsylvania (BSc 1955) |
| Known for | Charge-coupled device |
| Notable awards | Stuart Ballantine Medal (1973) IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1974) Draper Prize (2006) Nobel Prize in Physics (2009) |
He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".[1]
References
- ↑ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009, Nobel Foundation, 2009-10-06, http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/index.html, retrieved 2009-10-06.
Other websites
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- Invention Hall of Fame Biography
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- Interview in Czech TV December 2013 (in English and Czech)
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