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Also Known As Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Born May 5, 1921 • Mount Vernon • New York
Died April 28, 1999 (aged 77) • Palo Alto • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1981)
Subjects Of Study spectroscopy • laser • maser

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