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 ...
Nobel Prize winner Townes and noted scientist Schawlow give systematic, comprehensive account. Fundamental work, reference book. 190 tables and figures.
Throughout his career Charles Townes has tended to avoid staying in popular fields, choosing instead to explore new areas that can be entered only by developing new methods. Consequently, his work is characterized by great diversity. This selection of writings reflects that movement, coming from different phases of Townes's professional and ...
In "How the Laser Happened", Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in twentieth-century physics. Townes was inventor of the maser, of which the laser is one example; an originator of spectroscopy using microwaves; and a pioneer in the study of gas clouds in galaxies and around stars. Throughout ...
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