How the Laser Happened Adventures of a Scientist |
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Author:
| Townes, Charles H. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-515376-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2002 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $44.99 |
Book Description:
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Charles Townes, a Nobel laureate, is one of the leading figures in twentieth-century physics, inventor of the maser and the laser, and one of the pioneers in the use of spectroscopic techniques to determine the atomic composition of stars. This book is the memoir of a life devoted to scientific research, and also to the application of this research in the public sphere.
Charles Townes, a Nobel laureate, is one of the leading figures in twentieth-century physics, inventor of the maser and the laser, and one of the pioneers in the use of spectroscopic techniques to determine the atomic composition of stars. This book is the memoir of a life devoted to scientific research, and also to the application of this research in the public sphere.