Beam : the race to make the laser / Jeff Hecht.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0195142101 (acidfree paper)
- TA1677 .H42 2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tells the story of the three years from the birth of the laser idea to its breakthrough demonstration in a California laboratory. The quest was a struggle against physics, established wisdom, and the establishment itself. This is a tale of a remarkable and powerful invention that became a symbol of modern technology.
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