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    Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser...
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    Laboratories, based on theoretical work by Charles H. Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. A laser differs from other sources of light in that it emits light...
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    precursor to the laser, inspiring theoretical work by Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow that led to the invention of the laser in 1960 by Theodore Maiman...
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    including human growth hormone and hepatitis B vaccine. Laser – Arthur Leonard Schawlow shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen...
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    also had an interest in learning languages and learned Sanskrit, under Arthur W. Ryder at Berkeley in 1933. He eventually read literary works such as...
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    Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery...
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    Ramsey Jr. (1978) Lewis M. Branscomb (1979) Herman Feshbach (1980) Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1981) Maurice Goldhaber (1982) Robert Marshak (1983) Mildred Dresselhaus...
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  • Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on synapse. Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921–1999): American physicist who is best remembered for his...
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    Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Lawrence Klein 1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen; Arthur Leonard Schawlow; Kai Siegbahn Kenichi Fukui; Roald Hoffmann Roger Wolcott Sperry;...
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    reach a population of 1 billion. Physics – Nicolaas Bloembergen, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Kai Siegbahn Chemistry – Kenichi Fukui, Roald Hoffmann Medicine...
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