How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes
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| Autore: |
Townes Charles H
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| Titolo: |
How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (200 p. ) : ill., facsim., ports |
| Disciplina: | 621.36/6/09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Lasers - History |
| Masers - History | |
| Science and state - United States - History | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. The Light That Shines Straight; 2. Physics, Furman, Molecules, and Me; 3. Bell Labs and Radar, a (Fortunate) Detour from Physics; 4. Columbia to Franklin Park and Beyond; 5. Maser Excitement--And a Time for Reflection; 6. From Maser to Laser; 7. The Patent Game; 8. On Moon Dust, and Other Science Advice; 9. The Rains of Orion |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Charles Townes invented the maser and the laser, and was a pioneer in the use of spectroscopic techniques to determine the atomic composition of stars. This is the memoir of a life devoted to scientific research. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | How the laser happened |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773232-1 |
| 0-19-988242-8 | |
| 9786610470853 | |
| 1-282-36732-3 | |
| 1-280-47085-2 | |
| 0-19-802863-6 | |
| 9786612367328 | |
| 1-60256-702-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827327303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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