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The Laser Inventor

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Setting the Stage
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    Chapter 2 Stepping Stones
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    Chapter 3 The Ivory Tower
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    Chapter 4 Entering the Real World
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    Chapter 5 The Ruby Maser Distraction
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    Chapter 6 Building Blocks
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    Chapter 7 Laser Chronology
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    Chapter 8 Race to the Light
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    Chapter 9 Three Levels “Can’t Work”
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    Chapter 10 Obstacles and Solutions
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    Chapter 11 Let There Be Coherent Light
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    Chapter 12 The Light Fantastic
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    Chapter 13 Publication Fiasco—Enter Politics
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    Chapter 14 The News Release
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    Chapter 15 Aftershocks and Ripple Effects
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    Chapter 16 Nullification Tactics
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    Chapter 17 Bandwagoning
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    Chapter 18 Forty Years of Spin
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    Chapter 19 Exploding a Myth
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    Chapter 20 Exit Hughes, Enter Korad
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    Chapter 21 A Solution Looking for a Problem
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    Chapter 22 Hughes Patent Blunders
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    Chapter 23 The Paper Patents
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    Chapter 24 Award Happenings
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    Chapter 25 South American Adventure
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    Chapter 26 Addendum 1: Speech by Dr. Theodore H. Maiman, July 7, 1960, at Press Conference, New York, Announcing the Creation of the First Laser
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    Chapter 27 Addendum 2: “Ted Maiman and the Laser: 50 Years Later,” Tribute by Nick Holonyak, Jr.
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    Chapter 28 Addendum 3: “Maiman’s Laser: A Legacy of Limitless Applications,” by Jeff Hecht
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    Chapter 29 Addendum 4: “Pretenders to Invention of the Laser,” by Mrs. Kathleen Maiman
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    Chapter 30 Addendum 5: Scientific Papers and Patents by Theodore H. Maiman
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    Chapter 31 Addendum 6: Theodore H. Maiman’s Major Awards, Prizes, and Citations
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    Chapter 32 Addendum 7: Table of 38 Nobel Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1964–2017
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    Chapter 33 Addendum 8: Table of Japan Prize Awards Citing the Laser, 1987–2014
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    Chapter 34 Addendum 9: U.S. Patent Number 3,353,115: Ruby Laser Systems, Inventor Theodore H. Maiman
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    Chapter 35 Addendum 10: Reprint of T.H. Maiman, “Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby,” Nature , 187, 493–494 (August 6, 1960)
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Title
The Laser Inventor
Published by
Springer International Publishing, January 2018
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61940-8
ISBNs
978-3-31-961940-8, 978-3-31-961939-2
Authors

Theodore H. Maiman, Maiman, Theodore H.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 1 33%
Student > Postgraduate 1 33%
Unknown 1 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 1 33%
Engineering 1 33%
Unknown 1 33%