Townes played the major role in the development of the laser, one of sciences greatest accomplishments. Charles hard townes national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering, nbib. During his term as mit president, stratton appointed the second provost, charles hard townes, in 1961. In 1951, townes conceived the idea of the maser, and a few months later he and his associates began working on a device using ammonia gas as the active medium. Publications news features products technologies media education careers webinars events. He was jointly awarded a nobel prize in physics for his work on the theory and application of the maser and other research in quantum electronics linked with maser devices. Two americans invented the first laser global firsts and. Move your mouse over underlined terms this is an example. Nobel laureate and osa honorary member charles hard townes was born in. Basov of the nobel prize for physics in 1964 for his role in the invention of the maser and the laser.
Charles hard townes simple english wikipedia, the free. Optical society names toshiki tajima 2020 charles hard. Townes and the invention of the maser scihi blogscihi. A timeline created with timetoasts interactive timeline maker. Charles hard townes biography, life, interesting facts. Maiman at hughes research laboratories, based on theoretical work by charles hard townes and arthur leonard schawlow. The office of the provost was created in the spring of 1949. Townes was born in greenville on july 28, 1915, the second of six children born to henry keith townes, an attorney, and ellen hard.
Charles hardtownes gave the world the laser and the maser. Greatest inventions of all times greatest inventors. Charles hard townes july 28, 1915 january 27, 2015 was an american nobel prizewinning physicist and educator. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Make educational timelines or create a timeline for your company website. A professor emeritus of physics at the university of. Daughter of henry keith keith townes and ellen sumter townes sister of charles hard townes, nobel prize in physics, 1964. Jacques yves cousteau luis walter alvarez charles hard townes richard philips feynman frederick sanger rosalind elsie franklin rosalyn sussman yalow har. Charles townes biography, facts and pictures famous scientists.
Charles hard townes, a professor emeritus of physics at the. Here is a timeline of some of the more notable scientific accomplishments related to light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation laser. Rabi actually requested townes end his maser research program, but. Photo of charles townes with a ruby maser amplifier courtesy of bell labs.
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Bell laboratories researchers arthur schawlow and charles hard townes are credited with writing the papers that described the laser. Charles hard townes was born in greenville, south carolina, on 28 july 1915, the son of henry keith townes, an attorney, and ellen hard townes. Townes first conceived of the maser while a physicist at columbia university, new york city, basing the idea on earlier works of english physicist, paul dirac. Charles hard townes july 28, 1915 january 27, 2015 was an american physicist and inventor of the maser and laser. First ai artificial intelligence to predict peoples emotional state.
He was a pioneering scientist in the field of quantum electronics and developed many laser devices. Charles townes, the nobel laureate whose inventions include the maser and laser and who has spent decades as a leading advocate for the convergence of. Charles hard townes osa history the optical society. Nikolay basov was a soviet physicist who won nobel prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics. Kevin labar creates a model that uses fmri scans to associate brain blood flow patterns to seven feelings. Charles hard townes 19152015 on july 28, 1915, american physicist and nobel laureate charles hard townes was born.
Charles hard townes, american physicist, joint winner with the soviet physicists. Townes 20 and 21 may 1987, american institute of physics, niels bohr library and archives. Charles hard townes timeline of nobel winners, 2002. Townes center for science, furman university, november 1, 2008. Science, mathematics, technology timeline of people and events. He directed the us government science and technology advisory committee for the apollo lunar landing program. A maser is a practical device for amplifying the stimulated emission of.
Charles hard townes, one of the giants of modern physics and inventor of the laser, died early tuesday, january 27. This is one of the most crucial discoveries in modern experimental research. Awards given in physics following are the exclusive category of awards given in the field of physics. Charles hard townes university of california, berkeley july 28, 1915 january 27, 2015. Son of george franklin townes and mary isabella townes husband of ellen sumter townes father of charles hard townes, nobel prize in physics, 1964. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Nikolay basov biography childhood, life achievements.
An interactive version is available at the laser would not have been possible without an understanding that light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. And yet, according to charles hard townes, winner of a nobel prize in physics and a uc berkeley professor in the graduate school, they are united by similar goals. Townes was known for his work on the theory and application of the maser, on which he got the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics connected with. As noted previously, focus of this series is not just to introduce you to the worlds most famous research organization, but to provide details and. He attended the greenville public schools and then furman university in greenville, where he completed the requirements for the bachelor of science degree in physics and the bachelor of arts degree in. Townes was bornon july 28, 1915 in greenville, south carolina, u. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Charles hard townes july 28, 1915 january 27, 2015 was an american physicist.
Charles hard townes blogs, comments and archive news on. Charles hard townes was born in greenville, south carolina, on july 28. Charles hard townes was an american physicist and inventor. The medal was established in 1980 to honor charles hard townes, whose pioneering contributions to masers and lasers led to the development of the field of quantum electronics. In 1989, tim bernerslee wrote about a software and database project he created which was designed to enable information sharing among international researchers. Charles hard townes, corecipient of the 1964 nobel prize in physics for his coinventions of the maser and. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.
Charles townes graduated summa cum laude at the age of 19 from furman university in greenville, south carolina, where townes. This biography profiles his childhood, life, research, career, achievements and timeline. Charles hard townes and arthur leonard schawlow, both at bell labs, and gordon gould, who was a graduate student at columbia university. Charles hard townes award awards the optical society. Charles hard townes medal presented to an individual or a group for outstanding experimental or theoretical work, discovery or invention in the field of quantum electronics. Nobel prize winner charles townes on evolution and.
Townes is known for his work on the theory and application of the maser, on which he got the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics connected with both maser and laser devices. This is the third in my fourpart series of posts about alcatellucent bell labs. The latest charles hard townes news, features, products, and more from photonics media. Genealogy for mary ella townes deceased family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. The first provost was julius adams stratton, who continued to have the responsibilities of the office of provost when he was later appointed vice president and provost in 1952. American physicist, joint winner with the soviet physicists aleksandr m.
Charles hard townes july 28, 1915 january 27, 2015 was an american nobel prizewinning physicist and inventor. A laser differs from other sources of light in that it emits light coherently. Science advisory committee for the apollo lunar landing program. Most famous inventions list of famous invention in history.
Charles townes charlie to his family, friends and close colleagues was born on july 28, 1915, in greenville, south carolina, the fourth of six. Optical society names toshiki tajima 2020 charles hard townes award winner inventor of laser electron acceleration recognized for pioneering contributions washingtonthe optical society osa is pleased to announce that the 2020 charles hard townes award will be presented to toshiki tajima, university of california irvine, usa. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics. Townes was known for his work concerning the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices. Townes center for science at furman university in 2008.