How the laser happened: adventures of a scientist
Auteur :
Townes, Charles H.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195122688
Date de publication :
1 juil. 1999
Dimensions :
24,3 x 16,1 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
513 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.