About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Charles K. Kao, Wang Ganchang, Tsung-Dao Lee, Chien-Shiung Wu, Chen Ning Yang, Samuel C. C. Ting, Xiao-Gang Wen, Shu Xingbei, Zeng-Yuan Guo, Yang Fujia, Hu Ning, Cao Chong, Deng Jiaxian, Ta-You Wu, Zhao Jiuzhang, Du Qinghua, Ye Qisun, Li Zhijian, Tai Tsun Wu, Cheng Kaijia, Weiguo Sun, Hu Jimin, Peng Huanwu, Xu Liangying, Xie Xide, Lee C. Teng, Shiyi Chen, Wu Youxun, Guo Kexin, Fang Lizhi, Ni Weidou, Wang Zhuxi, Zhang Jie, Rao Yutai, Zhou Guangzhao, He Xiantu, Kerson Huang, Cheng Chemin, Chen Jiaer, Huang Kun, Zhu Guangya, Feng Duan, Chung-Yao Chao, Xie Shengwu, Quan-Sheng Shu, Qian Sanqiang, Li Aizhen, Zhou Peiyuan, Jiang Mianheng, Yu Min, Chao Tang, Gu Binglin, Cheuk-Yin Wong. Excerpt: The Honorable Sir Charles Kuen Kao, GBM, KBE, FRS, FREng (born November 4, 1933) is a pioneer in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. Kao, known as the "Godfather of Broadband," "Father of Fiber Optics" or "Father of Fiber Optic Communications," was awarded half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication." Kao was born in Shanghai in 1933, but his ancestral home is in Jinshan, Jiangsu adjoining Shanghai. He studied Chinese classics at home with his brother, under a tutor. He also studied English and French at an international school in Shanghai which was founded by a number of progressive Chinese educators including Cai Yuanpei. Kao's family moved to Hong Kong in 1948 where he completed his secondary education (advanced level) at St. Joseph's College in 1952. He did his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at Woolwich Polytechnic (now the University of Greenwich), obtaining his Bachelor of Science degree. He then pursued research and received his PhD degree in electrical engineering in 1965 from Unive...