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Townes

(tounz), Charles Hard 1915-2015.

American physicist. He shared a 1964 Nobel Prize for developing the maser and the laser.

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Townes

(taʊnz)

(Biography) Charles Hard. born 1915, US physicist, noted for his research in quantum electronics leading to the invention of the maser and the laser; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1964

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Townes

(taʊnz)
n.

Charles Hard, born 1915, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel prize for physics 1964.

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Townes - United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-)

Charles Hard Townes, Charles Townes

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Lasers have become commonplace in our lives, thanks to inventor Charles Townes. The physicist, who won the Nobel Prize for his invention of the laser, passed away on Jan 27, 2015.

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