Beam : The Race to Make the Laser, Hardcover by Hecht, Jeff, Like New Used, F...

by Jeff Hecht

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Beam : The Race to Make the Laser, Hardcover by Hecht, Jeff, ISBN 0195142101, ISBN-13 9780195142105, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Describes how a team of scientists sought to be the first to invent a practical device for light amplification, only to be beaten by a little-known physicist who created the first working ruby laser.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2005
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780195142105
• Condition: Fine

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