Dennis Gabor

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Noticed the Holography image of Google on your search engine pages?
Google celebrates Dennis Gabor’s birthday this June 5.Dennis Gabor was born on the 5th of June 1900 in Budapest, Hungary. He died on the 9th of February 1979.
He was the father of Holography. He dedicated most of his studies in the input and output of electrons which then led his to the discovery of holograms in 1947. He won a Nobel Prize back in 1971 for his great contribution to Physics.
Dennis Gabor was the eldest son of the family. His father was the Director of a mining company. Gabor also wrote a biography that featured his life. Gabor said that his passion for physics struck him when he was only fifteen years old. He became very much fascinated by the Abbe theory of image formation in microscopy, and the color photographic process that was invented by Gabriel Lippmann. With the help of his brother George, he built a small laboratory in his house where he reproduced the experiences of early modern physics such as X-rays and radioactivity.
In 1924 he graduated in electrical engineering from Berlin and became Doctor of Engineering in 1927. At that time, Berlin was considered to be the holy shrine of physics due to the presence of Einstein, Planck and Nernst. His PhD topic was the development of a fast oscilloscope and he developed the first electromagnetic lens that intended to study for electron beams. He kept his inclination towards his passion and as a result, he announced a marvel in the world of physics in 1948 .i.e. Holography.
Holography is a technique that that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that it appears as if the object is in the same position. Today we use Holograms to store, retrieve and process information. Holograms protect us from forgery and so many companies are using it in verifying originality of products. For schools, holograms are used for teaching students to gain a better illustration of things. In museums, most precious items are made into holograms to protect incidents of theft, and for theme parks, people can experience seeing places without the need for travel etc.
Isn’t the technology from Holography that Dennis Gabor brought just awesome? Happy 110th birthday to Dennis Gabor!




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