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Beam: The Race to Make the Laser
Beam The Race to Make the Laser
Author: Jeff Hecht
Beam is the story of the race to make the laser, the three intense years from the birth of the laser idea to its breakthrough demonstration in a California laboratory. The quest was a struggle against physics, established wisdom, and the establishment itself. — In 1954, Charles Townes invented the laser's microwave cousin, the maser. The next log...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199738717
ISBN-10: 0199738718
Publication Date: 5/26/2010
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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