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Willard Boyle, Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

Willard Boyle at the 2009 Nobel Prize press conference. Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-23 · Prolineserver (talk) · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Willard Boyle, born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, in 1924, shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Smith for inventing the CCD image sensor.

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The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics as recorded by NobelPrize.org.

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Willard S. Boyle – Facts - NobelPrize.org ↗

NobelPrize.org (Nobel Prize Outreach)

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