Charles Hard Townes

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Furman_University
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gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Templeton_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-07-28
gptkbp:birthPlace Greenville, South Carolina, USA
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:pneumonia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Linda_Townes
gptkb:Carla_Kessler
gptkb:Ellen_Anderson
gptkb:Linda_Rosenwein
gptkbp:deathDate 2015-01-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Oakland,_California,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Smythe
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Ali_Javan
gptkb:Arthur_Schawlow
gptkb:James_P._Gordon
gptkb:Nikolay_Basov
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:optics
quantum electronics
microwave spectroscopy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Hard Townes
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quantum electronics
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gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork contributions to the development of the laser
development of the maser
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gptkb:professor
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Microwave_Spectroscopy_(book)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
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gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_USA
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