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Narinder Singh Kapany, 'father of fiber optics,' dies at 94

Narinder Singh Kapany was a physicist and entrepreneur who cut an imposing figure
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January 10, 2021 09:15
NYT
Dr Narinder Singh Kapany, photo provided by the Sikh foundation.
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When Narinder S. Kapany was in high school in the 1940s in Dehradun, an Indian city in the Himalayan foothills, his science teacher told him that light travels only in straight lines. By then he had already spent years playing around with a box camera, and he knew that light could at least be turned in different directions, through lenses and prisms. Something about the teacher s attitude, he later said, made him want to go further, to prove him wrong by figuring out how to actually bend light. ....

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Narinder S Kapany, 'father of fiber optics,' dies at 94

Clay Risen, The New York Times
Published: 10 Jan 2021 01:27 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Jan 2021 01:27 PM BdST
A photo provided by the Kapany family, Dr Narinder Singh Kapany as a young man in the 1940s. Kapany, a physicist and entrepreneur who cut an imposing figure and did more than anyone to make optical research a priority in government and corporate budgets, died in Redwood City, Cali, on Dec 3, 2020. He was 94. Kapany family via The New York Times
A photo provided by the Kapany family, Dr Singh Kapany with members of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce at the opening of his company, Optics Technology, in 1960. Kapany family via The New York Times ....

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