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Laser Pioneers

  • 1st Edition - December 17, 1991
  • Author: Jeff Hecht
  • Language: English
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 3 6 0 3 0 - 4

This work presents the intriguing story of laser technology development through interviews with the scientists who made history with their groundbreaking research. Laser Pioneers,… Read more

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This work presents the intriguing story of laser technology development through interviews with the scientists who made history with their groundbreaking research. Laser Pioneers, Revised Edition, describes a race for innovative laser technologies that resulted in several Nobel Prizes and one of the most bitter patent fights of the twentieth century. This book makes fascinating reading for anyone involved with physics, engineering, optics, lasers, or the history of science--or anyone simply interested in the process of invention.