Charles H. Townes
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 9 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 28,1915 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Greenville |
| South Carolina | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 27,2015 |
| Died | Oakland |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Children | Linda Townes |
| Holly Townes | |
| Ellen Townes | |
| Carla Townes | |
| Parents | Henry Keith Townes |
| Ellen Hard | |
| Job | Adviser |
| Nuclear Physicist | |
| Education | Duke University |
| California Institute of Technology | |
| Books | How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist |
| Faith and Values in Science and Religion: Discussions with Physicist Charles H. Townes, Nobel Laureate | |
| Making Waves | |
| A Life in Physics: Bell Telephone Laboratories and World War II, Columbia University and the Laser, MIT and Government Service, California and Research in Astrophysics | |
| Microwave Spectroscopy | |
| The Galactic Center | |
| Spouse | Frances H. Brown |
| Doctor advisor | William Smythe |
| Doctor student | Ali Javan |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Templeton Prize | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 566825 |
Charles H. Townes Life story
Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.
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