Alec Boksenberg
(1936-), Astronomer and physicistSitter in 1 portrait
Honorary Professor of Experimental Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Boksenberg invented the Image Photon Counting System (IPCS), a special camera to record detections of single particles of light. Currently, Boksenberg is the Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO.
by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
bromide fibre print, 21 April 2008
NPG x132189
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