A life in physics
Bell Telephone Laboratories and World War II, Columbia University and the laser, MIT and government service, California and research in astrophysics
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Author
Contributions
- Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921- - Contributor
- Riess, Suzanne B. - Contributor
- Townes, Frances Brown, 1916- - Contributor
- Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office. - Contributor
Publication
1994 - Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, California
Word Count
172,750 words, Guess
Page Count
691 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7122337M
- OCLC Control Number30868762
- OCLC Control Numberlifeinphysicsbell00townrich
Alternate Titles
- University history series.
Description
Townes discusses his family background in South Carolina, education at Furman, Duke, Caltech, Bell Telephone Laboratories; his career as a professor of physics and research Officer in the Navy including research in microwave spectroscopy, the maser and the laser, quantam physics, issues surrounding patents, his Nobel prize, Berkeley in the 60's, astrophysics and infrared work, among others. Includes interview with Townes' wife, Frances Brown Townes.
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