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UNINA9910813144503321 |
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Autore |
Hecht Jeff |
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Titolo |
Beam [[electronic resource] ] : the race to make the laser / / Jeff Hecht |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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0-19-759225-2 |
0-19-020754-X |
9786613890054 |
0-19-975572-8 |
1-283-57760-7 |
1-280-70393-8 |
0-19-803249-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lasers - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; PROLOGUE: MAY 16, I960, MALIBU, CALIFORNIA; 1 THE LASER RACE; 2 MICROWAVES ARE THE FIRST STEP; 3 LEAPING A FEW ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE: THE OPTICAL MASER; 4 THE OUTSIDER'S INVENTION : THE LASER; 5 BELL LABS TAKES THE EARLY LEAD; 6 STIMULATING THE EMISSION OF MONEY; 7 A SPREADING INTEREST IN THE LASER IDEA; 8 A PAUSE TO COMPARE NOTES; 9 A DARK HORSE JOINS THE RACE; 10 ""EVERYBODY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN MONTHS"" - BELL LABS FEELS SAFELY IN THE LEAD; I I A CRASH PROGRAM AT ""PIPSQUEAK INC.""; 12 THE SIREN CALL OF THE LASER; 13 THE CRITICAL QUESTION OF EFFICIENCY |
14 AN IDEA SIMPLER IN THEORY THAN IN PRACTICE15 TRIUMPH IN THE PALACE OF SCIENCE; 16 AN UNEXPECTED STRUGGLE FOR ACCEPTANCE; 17 ""WE WERE ASTOUNDED"" -A STUNNED REACTION; 18 RUNNERS-UP CROSS THE FINISH LINE; I 9 EPILOGUE; DRAMATIS PERSONAE; SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Prologue: May 16, 1960, Malibu, California. 1. The Laser Race. 2. Microwaves Are the First Step. 3. Leaping a Few Orders of Magnitude: The Optical Maser. 4. The Outsider's Invention: The Laser. 5. Bell Labs |
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