Gabor Dennis
Country Germany
Category Physics
Year 1971

Gabor Dennis, 1900 - 1979, Year won 1971, invented holography, the three dimensional photographic technic..

Dennis Gabor was born in Hungary in 1900. He received the 1971 Nobel prize in Physics, “for his invention and development of the holographic method,” which is based on the phenomena of light interference.

Gabor’s invention preceded its time. Only with the invention of the laser rays did it become applicable in fields such as medicine, communication and computer science.

Dennis Gabor passed away in 1979.

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