George E. Smith

Nobel Prize lecture

The Invention and Early History of the CCD

George E. Smith delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2009, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Joseph Nordgren, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

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George E. Smith delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2009, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Joseph Nordgren, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2009, Editor Karl Grandin, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2010

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