What country did the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize for physics come from?
Charles Kao, a Shanghai-born British-American, Willard S. Boyle, a Canadian-American, and George Smith of the United States were revealed as the winners of the 2009 Physics Nobel Prize during an announcement at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday, Oct. 6. ——————– STOCKHOLM — Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday. Charles K. Kao was cited for his breakthrough involving the transmission of light in fiber optics while Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith were honored for inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit known as the CCD sensor. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said all three have American citizenship. Kao also holds British citizenship while Boyle is also Canadian. The award’s 10 million kronor ($1.4 million) purse will be split between the three with Kao taking half and Boyle and Smith each getting a fourth. T
