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Maiman, Theodore H.

The laser inventormemoirs of Theodore H. Maiman /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The laser inventorby Theodore H. Maiman.
Reminder of title:	memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman /
Author:	Maiman, Theodore H.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018.
Description:	xxxix, 312 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	PhysicistsBiography.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61940-8
ISBN:	9783319619408$q(electronic bk.)

The laser inventormemoirs of Theodore H. Maiman /
Maiman, Theodore H.

The laser inventormemoirs of Theodore H. Maiman /[electronic resource] :by Theodore H. Maiman. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - xxxix, 312 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer biographies,2365-0613. - Springer biographies..

Dedication.- Acknowledgments.- Introductory Notes (Kathleen Maiman)- Prologue.- 1 Setting the Stage -- 2 Stepping Stones -- 3 The Ivory Tower -- 4 Entering the Real World -- 5 The Ruby Maser Distraction -- 6 Building Blocks -- 7 Laser Chronology -- 8 Race to the Light -- 9 Three Levels 'Can't Work' -- 10 Obstacles and Solutions -- 11 Let There Be Coherent Light -- 12 The Light Fantastic -- 13 Publication Fiasco - Enter Politics -- 14 The News Release -- 15 Aftershocks and Ripple Effects -- 16 Nullification Tactics -- 17 Bandwagoning -- 18 Forty Years of Spin -- 19 Exploding a Myth -- 20 Exit Hughes, Enter Korad -- 21 A Solution Looking for a Problem -- 22 Hughes Patent Blunders -- 23 The Paper Patents -- 24 Award Happenings -- 25 South American Adventure.- Epilogue: Afterthoughts.- Addendum 1: Speech by Dr. Theodore H. Maiman, July 7, 1960, at Press Conference, New York, Announcing the Creation of the First Laser.- Addendum 2: "Ted Maiman and the Laser: 50 Years Later", Tribute by Nick Holonyak, Jr.- Addendum 3: "Maiman's Laser: A Legacy of Limitless Applications", by Jeff Hecht.- Addendum 4: "Pretenders to Invention of the Laser", by Kathleen Maiman.- Addendum 5: Scientific Papers and Patents by Theodre H. Maiman.- Addendum 6: Theodore H. Maiman's Major Awards, Prizes, and Citations.- Addendum 7: Table of 35 Nobel Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1964-2014.- Addendum 8: Table of Japan Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1987-2014 -- Addendum 9: U.S. Patent Number 3,353,115: Ruby Laser Systems, Inventor Theodore H. Maiman -- Addendum 10: Reprint of T.H. Maiman, "Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby," Nature, 187, 493-494 (August 6, 1960) -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

ISBN: 9783319619408$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-61940-8doiSubjects--Personal Names:

803825
Maiman, Theodore H.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

387317
Physicists
--Biography.

LC Class. No.: QC16.M356

Dewey Class. No.: 530.092

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