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A life in physics : Bell Telephone Laboratories and World War II, Columbia University and the laser, MIT and government service,
California and research in astrophysics : oral history transcript / 1994.
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A life in physics: Bell Telephone Laboratories and World War II, Columbia University and the laser, MIT and government service, California and research in astrophysics : oral history transcript / 1994University history series
Creator/Contributor:
Townes, Charles H., creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999Creator/Contributor:
Riess, Suzanne B., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Townes, Frances Brown, 1916-, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Townes discusses his family background in South Carolina, education at Furman, Duke, Caltech, Bell Telephone Laboratories;
his career as a professor of physics and research Officer in the Navy including research in microwave spectroscopy, the maser
and the laser, quantam physics, issues surrounding patents, his Nobel prize, Berkeley in the 60's, astrophysics and infrared
work, among others. Includes interview with Townes' wife, Frances Brown Townes.
Date:
1994 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-maPhysicists -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
Physicists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews
Physics -- Research -- United States
Astrophysics -- Research -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Patents -- United States
Microwave spectroscopy
Scientists in government -- United States
Physique -- Recherche -- États-Unis
Astrophysique -- Recherche -- États-Unis
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- États-Unis
Spectroscopie de micro-ondes
Scientifiques de la fonction publique -- États-Unis
Astrophysics -- Research
Microwave spectroscopy
Patents
Physicists
Physics -- Research
Scientists in government
California -- Berkeley
Massachusetts -- Boston
United States
Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc.
Columbia University. -- Radiological Research Laboratory.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Physics.
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Columbia University. -- Radiological Research Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Physics
Note:
Charles Hard Townes ; with an introduction by Arthur L. Schawlow ; interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1991-1992.
Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California,
Interviewed for the University history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2749 C:1-38.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Interviews.Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volumes (xxiv, 691 pages) : color portraits ; 29 cm
38 cassette tapes.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.