Gabor, Dennis (1900–1979)
Hungarian-born British physicist who invented holography,
for which he was awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics. Gabor had developed
the basic technique in the late 1940s, but practical applications had to
wait for the invention of the laser (1960)
by Charles Townes. Gabor also carried out
research in optics, inventing a type of color television tube, and also
communication theory. He was an environmentalist, often lecturing on the
Earth's limited resources.
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