The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
Awarded on: 2009-10-06
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"
Affiliations:
- Bell Laboratories – Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Willard S. Boyle
Born: 1924-08-19 in Amherst, NS, Canada
Gender: male
Field: Canadian physicist (1924–2011)
Biography
Willard Sterling Boyle, was a Canadian physicist. He was a pioneer in the field of laser technology and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. As director of Space Science and Exploratory Studies at Bellcomm he helped select lunar landing sites and provided support for the Apollo space program.