About this title: 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.
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780195122688ISBN:0195122682
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 232x154. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (208) 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 sphere. a nobel laureate, townes was also the first ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195122688ISBN:0195122682
Description: Fine. 0195122682 | SIGNED by the AUTHOR to a friend ~ Brand NEW ~ Hardcover with beautiful Dust Jacket ~ all books carefully examined & well packaged. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-04-08
ISBN-13:9780195122688ISBN:0195122682
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780195122688ISBN:0195122682
Description: New. 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 us... read more
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