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“Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take
time and thought.”– Charles Kao
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China
Tu Youyou (b. 19 30)
Pharmaceutical chemist
Tu’s research into 20th-century
tropical medicines led to the
discovery of the drugs artemisinin and
dihydroartemisinin, which are used to
treat malaria. For her work on malaria,
Tu won the Nobel Prize in Medicine
in 2015. She is the irst Chinese Nobel
laureate in physiology/medicine.45
Hong Kong
Charles Kao(b.1933)
Electrical engineer & physicist
Nicknamed the “Godfather of
Broadband”, Kao developed the use of
ibre-optics in telecommunications. In
the 196 0s, his work in combining glass
ibers with lasers to transmit digital
data created the foundation for the
evolution of the Internet. In 200 9, he
won the Nobel Prize in Physics.46
Japan
Hiroshi Amano(b.1960)
Physicist & inventor
Specialising in semiconductor
technology, Amano invented eicient
blue light-emiting diodes, making
bright and energy-saving white light
sources possible. For his work, he
was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physics in 2 0 14, together with two
other scientists.47
Japan
Takeshi Kajita(b.1959)
Physicist
he Nobel Laureate in Physics
(2 01 5), together with joint winner
the Canadian physicist Arthur
McDonald, solved the longstanding
solar neutrino problem, pointing out
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