Birth Name:

Theodore Harold Maiman

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Jul 11, 1927

Time of Birth:

08:17 AM

Place of Birth:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Age:

97

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

18°

Can

21'

Moon

10°

Sag

15'

Asc

0°

Vir

19'

MC

26°

Tau

53'

About Theodore Maiman

Theodore Harold Maiman (July 11, 1927 – May 5, 2007) was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers. The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960. In a July 7, 1960 press conference in Manhattan, Maiman and his employer, Hughes Aircraft Company, announced the laser to the world. Maiman was granted a patent for his invention, and he received many awards and honors for his work. His experiences in developing the first laser and subsequent related events are recounted in his book, The Laser Odyssey, republished recently under a new title The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Laser Inventor - Creator of the World's First Laser

• Theodore H. Maiman via IEEE Global History Network

• Bright Idea: The First Lasers (history)

• Time Photos, "20th Century Technology: Laser"

• SPIE, "Lasers and Sources, Video: Theodore Maiman on the First Laser"

• SPIE, "Lasers and Sources, Video: Maiman's First Laser Light Shines Again"

• SPIE, "Video: Celebrating 50 Years of the Laser" on YouTube

• CLEO, "Video: The World's First Laser, Made by Ted Maiman on May 16, 1960" on YouTube

• MIT Tech TV, "Video: The Laser at 50, symposium, October 8, 2010"

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Theodore Maiman: Sun 18 Cancer, Moon 10 Sagittarius, Mercury 1 Leo, Venus 3 Virgo, Mars 21 Leo, Jupiter 3 Aries, Saturn 1 Sagittarius, Uranus 3 Aries, Neptune 25 Leo, Pluto 15 Cancer, Asc 0 Virgo, Mc 26 Taurus, Mercury Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Sun Conjunct Pluto, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Trine Uranus, Mercury Semi Sextile Ascendant, Venus Quincunx Jupiter, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Quincunx Uranus, Venus Semi Square Pluto, Venus Conjunct Ascendant, Mars Conjunct Neptune, Jupiter Trine Saturn, Jupiter Conjunct Uranus, Jupiter Quincunx Ascendant, Saturn Trine Uranus, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Saturn Square Ascendant, Saturn Opposition Midheaven, Neptune Conjunct Ascendant, Neptune Square Midheaven, Pluto Semi Square Ascendant, Ascendant Square Midheaven

Categories related to Theodore Maiman: People from Los Angeles, 2007 deaths, July 11 births, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering, 20th-century American physicists, Stanford University alumni, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize winners, Wolf Prize in Physics laureates, University of Colorado Boulder alumni, Laser researchers, 1927 births, 20th-century inventors, Deaths from mastocytosis, Disease-related deaths in British Columbia

Photo attribution: Unknown author, Press photo taken for the periodical Los Angeles Reader, 1985