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How the Laser Happened - Adventures of a Scientist (Hardcover): Charles H Townes

How the Laser Happened - Adventures of a Scientist (Hardcover)

Charles H Townes

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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.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 1999
First published: April 1999
Authors: Charles H Townes (Professor of Physics)
Dimensions: 242 x 161 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512268-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation
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LSN: 0-19-512268-2
Barcode: 9780195122688

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