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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Charles K. Kao, Hu Shih, Zhou Tong, Huang Xianfan, Chih-Kung Jen, Yu Youren, Nagar Lai, Jack C. K. Teng, Yi Tso-lin, Shu Xingbei, Kim Kyu-sik, Chien Wei-zang, Y. C. James Yen, Chia-Chiao Lin, Lei Han, Shu-tian Li, Liao Xiaoyi, Zing-Yang Kuo, Tao Xingzhi, Cai Yuanpei, Hu Ning, Li Hsi-mou, Xiao Qiang, Li Yang, Li Shouheng, Wu Teh Yao, Edgar Tang, Sha Wenhan, Qian Dehong, Zhu Zuxiang, Wu Dingliang, Chen Yu, Hu Jimin, Chen Ziyuan, Li Zhaohuan, Zhang Boling, Lufei Kui, Yuan Tengfei, Chien Shih-Liang, Wang Mo, Du Zuozhou, Tien-Fong Cheng, Ma Xiangbo, Zhan Tao, Sheng Xuanhuai, Wu Nanxuan, Zhang Xiaowen, Lin Fengmian, Song Xi, Lu Simian, Li Denghui, Lamu Gatusa, Qu Bochuan, Jiang Menglin, Hu Zhuangyou, Liu Gaolian, Fu Sinian, Nai-Rong Qian, Zhou Dan, Pan Chengdong, Hongjia Huang, Wang Dazhi, Xiong Qinglai, Ma Junwu, Chen Zhunmin, Zhang Youyi, Wu Xun, Luo Jialun, Dai Jinhua, Zhan Ruoshui, Cheng Fangwu, Li Ruiqing, Liu Boming, Xu Xianming, Zhao Taimou, Yang Zhensheng, Zeng Fanren, Zhou Guozhi, Wang Shoupeng, Deng Conghao, Lin Jiqing, Wu Fuheng, Chao Zhefu, Bian Zhongyun, Hua Gang, Chen Wangdao. 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 educator...
