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A Time and A Tide:Charles K. Kao ─ A Memoir
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- 作者： KAO, Charles K.著
- 出版社： 中文大學出版社
- 出版年：2010
- ISBN：9789629964467
- EISBN：9789629964467 EPUB
- 格式：JPG
- 頁數：298
Sir Charles Kao is generally regarded as the father of fiber optics, based in part on his discovery that signal loss in fiber cables was a direct result of impurities in the glass rather than a flaw in the technology—a breakthrough that affects nearly every aspect of our present-day communication infrastructure. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication," this memoir chronicles the personal and scientific odyssey of one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists. Beginning with his childhood in war-torn Shanghai and Hong Kong, Kao explores the turbulent rift that forced him from his family. Later, he details his early work and experience that established the basis for his seminal research with glass fibers in the 1960s. Following this groundbreaking work, the memoir covers Kao's time as a professor and Vice Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong up until 2009 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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- Foreword(第VII頁)
- 1 A Wedding(第3頁)
- 2 School(第19頁)
- 3 A Step Towards the Unknown(第33頁)
- 4 Sailing into the Wide Wide World(第41頁)
- 5 Building Independence(第55頁)
- 6 Hitting the Jackpot, Part I(第69頁)
- 7 Hitting the Jackpot, Part II(第87頁)
- 8 The R&D World(第105頁)
- 9 Vice Chancellor of CUHK(第127頁)
- 10 All My Prizes(第151頁)
- 11 Family Life and Travels(第169頁)
- 12 Sojourns at CUHK(第193頁)
- 13 Wedding Anniversaries(第217頁)
- 14 The Great, the Rich, and the Powerful(第233頁)
- 15 The Slow Death(第255頁)
- 16 The Most Prestigious Prize in the World(第265頁)
