Mr. Charles Kao won 1/2 of the nobel prize on Physics on his work on fiber optics.
See here or any Chinese newspaper for details. I have watched some TV documentary about him some years ago, as far as I know, fiber optics is making super thin fiber from glass so light can go through through reflection (and transmit data). Technology today owe a lot to his work. Waita minute, he worked on this how many years ago? MANY. Unfortunately he has Alzheimer's disease now, can't remember any of that stuff. This award comes so late? Only now he gets recognized (and only half of the prize).
In contrast, Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize, he was surprised himself. Sure, he has done some beginning work in trying to maintain peace, but we are not there yet (a long way to go). Even if there is peace, to be consistent with Mr. Kao, should Obama be in 70s to get that prize? Some say this award for Obama has weakened the meaning of the Nobel Peace prize, and I agree.
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I agree too.
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