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How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist
How the Laser Happened Adventures of a Scientist
Author: Charles H. Townes
Charles Townes 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 s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195122688
ISBN-10: 0195122682
Publication Date: 3/17/1999
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is an interesting story written by the guy (Charles Townes) who invented the laser and maser. It tells how he ended up inventing the laser and has lots of good history about physics.


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