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    Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser...
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    Laboratories, based on theoretical work by Charles H. Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. A laser differs from other sources of light in that it emits light...
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    precursor to the laser, inspiring theoretical work by Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow that led to the invention of the laser in 1960 by Theodore Maiman...
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    also had an interest in learning languages and learned Sanskrit, under Arthur W. Ryder at Berkeley in 1933. He eventually read literary works such as...
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    "Arthur L. Schawlow". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved August 10, 2011. Hänsch, Theodor W. (December 1999). "Obituary: Arthur Leonard Schawlow"...
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    Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery...
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    Ramsey Jr. (1978) Lewis M. Branscomb (1979) Herman Feshbach (1980) Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1981) Maurice Goldhaber (1982) Robert Marshak (1983) Mildred Dresselhaus...
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    Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Lawrence Klein 1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen; Arthur Leonard Schawlow; Kai Siegbahn Kenichi Fukui; Roald Hoffmann Roger Wolcott Sperry;...
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  • Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on synapse. Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921–1999): American physicist who is best remembered for his...
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    reach a population of 1 billion. Physics – Nicolaas Bloembergen, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Kai Siegbahn Chemistry – Kenichi Fukui, Roald Hoffmann Medicine...
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    1308–1321. Bibcode:1956PhRv..102.1308S. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.102.1308. Schawlow, Arthur; Townes, Charles (1958). "Infrared and Optical Masers". Physical Review...
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    former Prime Minister of Canada. Schawlow (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) – Named for Arthur Leonard Schawlow (Vic 4T1), American physicist and Nobel...
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    committee had been directed at producing enriched uranium, but Committee member Arthur Compton determined that a feasible alternative was plutonium, which could...
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    Ramsey Jr. (1978) Lewis M. Branscomb (1979) Herman Feshbach (1980) Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1981) Maurice Goldhaber (1982) Robert Marshak (1983) Mildred Dresselhaus...
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  • and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999) 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)...
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    17226/4547. ISBN 978-0-309-04978-8. Hofstadter, Robert; Chodorow, Marvin; Schawlow, Arthur; Walecka, Dirk. "Memorial Resolution: Felix Bloch (1905 - 1983)" (PDF)...
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    Prize at the age of 17). The oldest Nobel Prize laureate in physics was Arthur Ashkin who was 96 years old when he was awarded the prize in 2018. Only...
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  • – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (b. 1920) 1999 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)...
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    MacLeod Cormack, Edwin McMillan, Robert Pound, Roger Revelle 1991—Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Edward C. Stone, Steven Weinberg 1992—Eugene Merle Shoemaker 1993—Val...
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    Ramsey Jr. (1978) Lewis M. Branscomb (1979) Herman Feshbach (1980) Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1981) Maurice Goldhaber (1982) Robert Marshak (1983) Mildred Dresselhaus...
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  • – Ireland (born 1928) Martin Schadt – Switzerland (born 1938) Arthur Leonard Schawlow – United States (1921–1999) Nobel laureate Craige Schensted – United...
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    Hauptman, Robert Furchgott, Arthur Kornberg, and Jerome Karle, experienced significant antisemitism in their careers. Arthur Ashkin, a 96-year-old American...
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  • systems – The laser was demonstrated by Charles H. Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow at Bell Labs in 1960. Laser technology was later adopted in the...
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    Professor). Bloembergen shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Arthur Schawlow and Kai Siegbahn because their work "has had a profound effect on our...
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    Methodists are chemist Charles Coulson and 1981 Nobel laureate Arthur Leonard Schawlow.[citation needed] In October 2010, Phillips participated in the...
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    Ramsey Jr. (1978) Lewis M. Branscomb (1979) Herman Feshbach (1980) Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1981) Maurice Goldhaber (1982) Robert Marshak (1983) Mildred Dresselhaus...
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    were purely speculative and based on spurious numerical arguments, such as Arthur Eddington's attempts to explain the value of the fine structure constant...
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    Harbor brought the U.S. into World War II, Wheeler accepted a request from Arthur Compton to join the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory at the...
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    Hans Georg Dehmelt and the second being Theodor W. Hänsch and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. It was first demonstrated by Wineland, Drullinger, and Walls in...
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    arranged as a cosmic ray telescope, and under the aegis of his faculty advisor Arthur Compton, conducted an experiment in Mexico City to measure the so-called...
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