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Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Born

in Mount Vernon, New York, The United States

May 05, 1921

Died

April 28, 1999

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Leonard_Sch...

Genre

Science, Physics, Lasers

Influences

Nicolaas Bloembergen, Kai Siegbahn, Gordon Gould, Robert Hofstadter ...more

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Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn.

Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York. His mother, Helen (Mason), was from Canada, and his father, Arthur Schawlow, was a Jewish immigrant from Latvia (Schawlow was raised in his mother's Protestant religion). When Arthur was three years old, they moved to Toronto, Canada.

At the age of 16 he completed high school at Vaughan Road Academy (then Vaughan Collegiate Institute) and received a scholarship in science at the University of Toronto (Victoria College). After earning his undergraduate degree Schawlow continued i ...more

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Arthur Leonard Schawlow’s books

Average rating: 4.25 · 4 ratings · 1 review · 4 distinct works

	Microwave Spectroscopy by Charles H. Townes, Arthur Leonard Schawlow 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1955 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lasers and Light 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molecular and Laser Spectroscopy (Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 50) by Zu-Geng Wang, Arthur Leonard Schawlow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A life in physics : Bell Telephone Laboratories and World War II, Columbia University and the laser, MIT and government service, California and research in astrophysics by Charles H. Townes, Suzanne B. Riess, Arthur Leonard Schawlow (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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