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A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith

10:40AM October 13, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Williard “Mr. Modesty” Boyle and George “Three Page Dissertation” Smith, extraordinary sailors and co-winners of this year’s Nobel prize in physics deserve time in our spotlight: they invented the CCD image sensors which gave our digital cameras eyes. More »