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BL
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623651
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Townes, Charles H
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| Title & Author
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How the laser happened : : adventures of a scientist /\ Charles H. Townes
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999
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200 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0195122682 (alk. paper)
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: 9780195122688 (alk. paper)
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Abstract
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In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in twentieth-century physics
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Townes was co-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
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This memoir traces his multifaceted career from its beginnings on the family farm in South Carolina
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Spanning decades of ground-breaking research, the book provides a hands-on description of how working scientists and inventors get their ideas. It also gives a behind-the-scenes look at the scientific community, showing how scientists
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respond to new ideas and how they approach a variety of issues, from priority and patents to the social and political implications of their work
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In addition, Townes touches on the sociology of science, uncovering some of the traditions and values that are invisible to an outsider
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| Subject
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Lasers-- History
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Masers-- History
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Science and state-- United States-- History
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| LC Classification
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QC687.2.T68 1999
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