Theodore Harold Maiman
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 17 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 11,1927 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Los Angeles |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 5,2007 |
| Died | Vancouver |
| Canada | |
| Nationality | American |
| Job | Physicist |
| Electrical engineer | |
| Education | Stanford University |
| University of Colorado Boulder | |
| Columbia University | |
| Books | The laser odyssey |
| The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman | |
| Awards | Wolf Prize in Physics |
| Japan Prize | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 642526 |
Theodore Harold Maiman Life story
Theodore Harold "Ted" Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who was widely, but not universally, credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers. The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960.
