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A Time and a Tide: A Memoir

By Charles K. Kao

Book information

Publisher
Chinese University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9629964473, 9789629964474
Language
english
Format
ZIP
Filesize
25 MB (26365692 bytes)
Pages
279\0
Time added
2020-05-31 02:41:28

Description

Charles K. Kao was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for -groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication.- This memoir chronicles his personal and scientific odyssey from his an unfathomable childhood in war-torn Shanghai and Hong Kong to his seminal work with glass fibers. Kao shares his experiences as vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and muses on his legacy as the -father of fiber optics.- His groundbreaking research (based in part on the discovery that signal loss in fiber cables was a direct result of glass impurities rather than technology flaws) laid the groundwork for our present day communication infrastructure.

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