The history of the laser / Mario Bertolotti.
- Bertolotti, Mario.
- Date:
- [2005], ©2005
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Storia del laser. English
Publication/Creation
Bristol, UK ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics, [2005], ©2005.
Physical description
viii, 307 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Notes
"Translated from Storia del laser by M. Bertolotti, Bollati Boringhieri 1999."
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-298) and index.
Contents
Wave and corpuscular theories of light -- Spectroscopy -- Blackbody radiation -- The Rutherford-Bohr Atom -- Einstein -- Einstein and light: the photoelectric effect and stimulated emission -- Microwaves -- Spectroscopy: Act II -- Magnetic resonance -- The maser -- The proposal for an optical maser -- The misfortune (or fortune?) of Gordon Gould -- And finally-the laser! -- A solution in search of a problem or many problems with the same solution? Applications of lasers.
Language note
Translated from the Italian.
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAFN /BEROpen shelves
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ISBN
- 0750309113