You might be asking yourself a question (or two), after having read this discussion thread's title:

"Er .. wut? Nobel Prize? What's this got to do with photography?"


As it turns out, for many of you ... the answer lies in the palm of your hands while pursuing your photographic endeavours.

I present to you, the co-inventor of the C.C.D. sensor ('charge-coupled device', which is an imaging semiconductor circuit used as a digital camera's electronic eye):

Willard S. Boyle