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(1915-2015) Author. Charles H. Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and died in Oakland, California.

Full Name

Charles H Townes

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1915

BIRTH

Charles Hard Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 28, 1915.

1948

OTHER

Dr. Townes joined the faculty at Columbia University in 1948.

1955

LITWORK

Microwave Spectroscopy
McGraw-Hill
0070650950 / 978-0070650954
Nonfiction written with Dr. Arthur L. Schawlow.

1995

LITWORK

Making Waves
American Institute of Physics
1563963345 / 978-1563963346
Memoir.

1999

LITWORK

How The Laser Happened: Adventures Of A Scientist
Oxford University Press
978-0-19-512268-8
Memoir.

2015

DEATH

Charles H. Townes died in Oakland, California, on January 27, 2015.

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