Charles Hard Townes: Quick Facts


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Born July 28, 1915 • Greenville • South Carolina
Died January 27, 2015 (aged 99) • Oakland • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Inventions laser • maser
Subjects Of Study quantum electrodynamics

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