na-agafe n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka akụkụ ahụ: N'afọ 1969, Smith na Willard Boyle mepụtara Ngwaọrụ Na-ejikọta Ngwaọrụ (CCD), nke ha na-enwetakọta Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal na 1973, 1974 IEEE N. Morris Liebmann Memorial Award, 2006 Charles Draper Stark Prize, na 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics Ajụjụ: Onye Smith jere ozi na?
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