Laser Pioneers

by Jeff Hecht

Book Overview

This work presents the intriguing story of laser technology development through interviews with the scientists who made history with their groundbreaking research. Laser Pioneers, Revised Edition, describes a race for innovative laser technologies that resulted in several Nobel Prizes and one of the most bitter patent fights of the twentieth century. This book makes fascinating reading for anyone involved with physics, engineering, optics, lasers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123360307
• ISBN13: 9780123360304
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.2"