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Making the quantum leap: SA scientist Andrew Forbes makes light fantastic
Andrew Forbes studied astrophysics at varsity but abandoned the stars for the study of light … Now he is investigating laser light applications that could revolutionise our technologies
06 June 2021 - 00:00
It was 2am in the Big Dome of the Sutherland telescope in December 1991 and Andrew Forbes was listening to Radio Karoo and eating "lunch"...
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