Birth Name:

Charles Hard Townes

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Jul 28, 1915

Time of Birth:

05:00 AM

Place of Birth:

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Age:

108

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Astrology Data:

Sun

4°

Leo

14'

Moon

29°

Aqu

23'

Asc

26°

Can

3'

MC

13°

Ari

41'

About Charles Hard Townes

Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. Townes was an adviser to the United States Government, meeting every US President from Harry Truman (1945) to Bill Clinton (1999).

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External Links:

• Charles Townes Oral History part 1 Childhood, college, career overview, Recorded at IEEE History Center, August 1991, Retrieved May 1, 2015

• Charles Townes Oral History part 2 Studies at Caltech and work at Bell Labs on the eve of World War II, Recorded at IEEE History Center, September 1992, Retrieved May 1, 2015

• The Learning Project[permanent dead link] Charles Hard Townes, physicist, astronomer, university professor. Interview for The Learning Project: Views of Authentic Learning, June 2005

• Charles H. Townes, Ph.D., Biography and Interview with American Academy of Achievement

• Charles H. Townes on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964 Production of Coherent Radiation by Atoms and Molecules

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Charles Hard Townes: Sun 4 Leo, Moon 29 Aquarius, Mercury 17 Cancer, Venus 21 Cancer, Mars 15 Gemini, Jupiter 28 Pisces, Saturn 9 Cancer, Uranus 14 Aquarius, Neptune 0 Leo, Pluto 2 Cancer, Asc 26 Cancer, Mc 13 Aries, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Moon Trine Pluto, Mercury Square Midheaven, Sun Conjunct Neptune, Sun Semi Sextile Pluto, Moon Sesquiquadrate Mercury, Moon Semi Sextile Jupiter, Moon Quincunx Neptune, Moon Semi Square Midheaven, Mercury Semi Sextile Mars, Venus Conjunct Ascendant, Mars Trine Uranus, Mars Semi Square Neptune, Mars Sextile Midheaven, Jupiter Semi Square Uranus, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Jupiter Square Pluto, Jupiter Trine Ascendant, Saturn Square Midheaven, Uranus Sextile Midheaven, Neptune Conjunct Ascendant

Categories related to Charles Hard Townes: California Institute of Technology alumni, University of California, American people of German descent, 2015 deaths, Fellows of the American Physical Society, American people of English descent, American people of French descent, July 28 births, Experimental physicists, Nobel laureates in Physics, South Carolina, Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, People from Greenville, University of Michigan faculty, Scientists at Bell Labs, Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering, Duke University alumni, American Nobel laureates, Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology provosts, Berkeley faculty, Foreign Members of the Royal Society, 20th-century American inventors, Furman University alumni, National Medal of Science laureates, Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, American people of Scotch-Irish descent, Recipients of awards from the United States National Academy of Sciences, Templeton Prize laureates, Members of JASON (advisory group), Laser researchers, Spectroscopists, Recipients of the Lomonosov Gold Medal, American nuclear physicists, 1915 births, Niels Bohr International Gold Medal recipients, Vannevar Bush Award recipients, United Church of Christ members, IEEE Medal of Honor recipients, California Institute of Technology trustees, Winners of the Comstock Prize in Physics

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