Townes
[tounz]
- Charles Hard,1915–2015, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel Prize in physics 1964.
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These are the snes of Ismael/ and these are their names/ in their townes and castels .
The First Boke of Moses called GenesisWilliam Tyndale
"Very well," she replied, shutting the book in which she had looked up the Townes.
Abroad at HomeJulian Street
It's a pity, Townes, that a bit of sense don't get into your head sometimes.
Here and HereafterBarry Pain
The truth is, Townes, that you think too much of those children of yours.
Here and HereafterBarry Pain
She's a pretty enough child, but nothing like what Townes thinks.
Here and HereafterBarry Pain
Townes
- Charles Hard. born 1915, US physicist, noted for his research in quantum electronics leading to the invention of the maser and the laser; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1964
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Townes
[tounz]
- American physicist who invented the maser, laying the foundation for the development of laser technology. In 1964 he shared with Russian physicists Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov and Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov the Nobel Prize for physics.
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