By
Jeff Hecht
Description
This work presents the intriguing story of laser technology development through interviews with the scientists who made history with their
groundbreaking research. Laser Pioneers, Revised Edition, describes a race for innovative laser technologies that resulted in several
Nobel Prizes and one of the most bitter patent fights of the twentieth century. This book makes fascinating reading for anyone involved
with physics, engineering, optics, lasers, or the history of science--or anyone simply interested in the process of invention.
Audience:
Scientists and engineers working with lasers, historians of science.
