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How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist Townes, Charles H. (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley)
How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist
Townes, Charles H. (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley)
Charles Townes is one of the leading figures in 20th-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.
208 pages, 13 halftones, 2 line drawings
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 1, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195122688 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 166 × 19 mm · 478 g |
| Language | English |