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\"\"Without the efforts and vision of Charles H. Townes, many technologies we take for granted would not even be possible.\u00c2\u00a0CD players, barcode scanners<\/a>, and medical instruments are just a few of the applications that would not be possible with the use of a laser.<\/p>\n

In 1964, Dr. Townes and two Russians received\u00c2\u00a0the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on microwave-emitting devices, called masers, and their light-emitting successors, lasers, which have proved to be crucial for\u00c2\u00a0modern communications, medicine, astronomy, weapons systems and daily life applications.<\/p>\n

Arguably one of the most important and capable inventions of the 20th century, Dr. Townes work and contributions cannot be understated.<\/p>\n

He died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Without the efforts and vision of Charles H. Townes, many technologies we take for granted would not even be possible.\u00c2\u00a0CD players, barcode scanners, and medical instruments are just a few of the applications that would not be possible with the use of a laser. In 1964, Dr. Townes and two Russians received\u00c2\u00a0the Nobel Prize in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[84,1225,1226,1029],"yoast_head":"\nInventor of the Laser, Charles H. 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