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000291736 010__ $$a  2004002694
000291736 019__ $$a58806120
000291736 020__ $$a0195142101 (alk. paper)
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000291736 05000 $$aTA1677$$b.H42 2005
000291736 08200 $$a621.36/6/09$$222
000291736 1001_ $$aHecht, Jeff.
000291736 24510 $$aBeam :$$bthe race to make the laser /$$cJeff Hecht.
000291736 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2005.
000291736 300__ $$ax, 274 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000291736 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000291736 5050_ $$aThe Laser Race  Chapter -- Microwaves Are the First Step -- Leaping a Few Orders of Magnitude: The Optical Maser -- The Outsider's Invention: The Laser -- Bell Labs Takes the Early Lead -- Stimulating the Emission of Money -- A Spreading Interest in the Laser Idea -- A Pause to Compare Notes -- A Dark Horse Joins the Race -- "Everybody knew it was going to happen within months"-Bell Labs Feels Safely in the Lead -- A Crash Program at "Pipsqueak Inc." -- The Siren Call of the Laser -- The Critical Question of Efficiency -- An Idea Simpler in Theory Than in Practice --  Triumph in the Palace of Science -- An Unexpected Struggle for Acceptance -- "We were astounded"-A Stunned Reaction -- Runners-Up Cross the Finish Line -- Epilogue.
000291736 650_0 $$aLasers$$xHistory$$y20th century.
000291736 85200 $$bgen$$hTA1677$$i.H42$$i2005
000291736 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0414/2004002694.html
000291736 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:291736$$pGLOBAL_SET
000291736 980__ $$aBIB
000291736 980__ $$aBOOK
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