Narinder Singh Kapany
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Indian physicist (1926-2020)
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It sits within the topics 1926 births, 2020 deaths and 20th-century American physicists.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Optical systems with flexible axes
- Fiber optics
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Moga
- Place of death
- Redwood City
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Harold Hopkins
- Field of work
- physics
- Work location
- Chicago
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- date of birth
- 1926-10-12
- name in native language
- Narinder Singh Kapany
- date of death
- 2020-12-04
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1926 births2020 deaths20th-century American physicists20th-century Indian inventors20th-century Indian physicistsAlumni of Imperial College LondonAmerican people of Punjabi descentAmerican scientists of Asian descentAmerican SikhsDr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University alumniFellows of Optica (society)Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceFellows of the American Physical SocietyFellows of the Royal Academy of EngineeringFiber opticsIndian emigrants to the United StatesIndian optical physicistsIndian Ordnance Factories Service officersPeople from Punjab Province (British India)People with Overseas Citizenship of IndiaPunjabi SikhsRecipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineeringScientists from Punjab, IndiaUniversity of California, Berkeley faculty