Maiman
Americannoun
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According to Maiman, the laser was initially dismissed as “a solution looking for a problem.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
It was physicist Theodore Maiman of the Hughes Research Laboratories who first demonstrated a laser, in Malibu, California, in 1960.
From Nature ● Jan. 8, 2019
"Hospitals in the U.S. with even higher cesarean section rates are likely to reap even greater benefit," Maiman said.
From US News ● Apr. 29, 2015
The controversy over who was responsible for the laser was further complicated when Theodore Maiman of Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, Calif., produced the first working device in 1960.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2015
Just two years later, Physicist Maiman used the Townes-Schawlow theory and built the world's first working laser, a small, hand-held instrument that shot out bursts of brilliant red light.
From Time Magazine Archive
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