A certain ounce of arrogance is not essential in carrying forward an idea. In talking about the device with others, surprising now number of people who either were quite negative and had reasons to suggest it would not function as described or claimed that it would be of little interest and no better than some already existing device.
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011)
Willard Sterling Boyle (19 August 1924–7 May 2011) was a Canadian physicist and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. He was awarded a one-quarter share in the the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Willard Sterling Boyle
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Willard S. Boyle
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