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"Father of Fiber Optics" Wins Nobel Prize
alphadogg writes "Charles Kao, whose work in the 1960s laid the foundation for today's long-distance fiber-optic networks, has won a share of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics (PDF). Kao, sometimes referred to as the 'father of fiber-optic communications,' was formally honored by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden 'for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication.' Kao's breakthrough discovery in 1966 was to determine how to transmit light over long distances using ultrapure optical glass fibers. This would extend the distance of such transmissions to 62 miles vs. the mere 65 feet allowed under previous technology held back by impurities. The first ultrapure fiber was created in 1970."
The "New York Times" reports, "The mastery of light through technology was the theme of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored breakthroughs in fiber optics and digital photography. Half of the $1.4 million prize went to Charles K. Kao for insights in the mid-1960s about how to get light to travel long distances through glass strands, leading to a revolution in fiber optic cables. The other half of the prize was shared by two researchers at Bell Labs, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith, for inventing the semiconductor sensor known as a charge-coupled device, or CCD for short. CCDs now fill digital cameras by the millions."
I scanned the winners of all the Nobel Prizes in physics. None are African or African-American. Is this lack of scientific accomplishment by Africans due to low IQ?
Japanese IQ equals European IQ, but both are greater than African IQ by about 20 points. Note that Japan is a barren rock lacking natural resources. Yet, the Japanese transformed it into the 2nd richest nation in the world.
Does this low African IQ explain why all societies dominated by Africans are gross failures?