Townes Charles Hard

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

(tounz), Charles Hard Born 1915.
American physicist who invented the maser, a device that amplifies and focuses short electromagnetic waves into intense beams. Townes's work laid the foundation for the development of laser technology.
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