On 21st November 2013, science literally lost one of its close friends with the death of the great innovator and visionary Fred Kavli. Fred Kavli was born in a small farm in Eresfjord, Norway on 20th August 1927. He was a Norwegian and later on immigrated to America as an Engineer, Business leader, Inventor and Philanthropist. As a child living in Norway, he loved the night sky, the mountains and he eventually developed his curiosity for the Universe and the processes that occur in it and thus blossomed his love for science.
At an early age of 14, he established his first enterprise with his brother to produce wood pellet fuel for cars during the time of the Second World War. Later on, inspired by his father, he decided to move to San Francisco. So, as soon as he completed his engineering degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) he moved to America.
In America,...
