Willard Boyle ( Eng. Willard Boyle , August 19, 1924 - May 7, 2011 [1] ) is an American physicist of Canadian origin, the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 . He shared half of the prize with George Smith “for the development of optical semiconductor sensors - CCD arrays ”. [2] The second half was received by Charles Kao .
| Willard Boyle | |
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| English Willard boyle | |
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| Date of Birth | August 19, 1924 |
| Place of Birth | Amherst (Nova Scotia) |
| Date of death | May 7, 2011 (86 years) |
| Place of death | Halifax ( Canada ) |
| A country | Canada, USA |
| Scientific field | physics |
| Place of work | Bell labs |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Physics ( 2009 )  |
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Awards
- Stuart Ballantyne Medal (1973)
- Morris Liebmann Prize (1974)
- Medal of Progress (Photographic Society of America) (1986)
- C & C Prize (1999)
- The Charles Stark Draper Award (2006)
- Nobel Prize in Physics ( 2009 )
Notes
- ↑ Nobel laureate dies Saturday . Amherst Daily News . The appeal date is May 9, 2011. Archived April 8, 2012.
- ↑ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 (English) . The appeal date is October 6, 2009. Archived April 8, 2012.
Literature
- US Boyle. CCD - the expansion of human vision (Nobel lecture) (rus.) // UFN . - 2010. - T. 180 . - p . 1349-1350 .
Links
- Information from the website of the Nobel Committee (English)
- I. Ivanov. Nobel Prize in Physics - 2009 // Elements , October 12, 2009