The Laser Inventor Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman /

• Main Author: Maiman, Theodore H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Physics.; Technology.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Popular Science in Physics.; Popular Science in Technology.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

In these engaging memoirs of a maverick, Theodore H. Maiman describes the life events leading to his invention of the laser in 1960. Maiman succeeded using his expertise in physics and engineering along with an ingenious and elegant design not anticipated by others. His pink ruby laser produced mank...