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Theodore Maiman

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Theodore Maiman was an American physicist at Hughes Research Laboratories who built and operated the first working laser, a synthetic ruby crystal device, on May 16, 1960, after his own employer initially doubted the project's value.

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Birth Year
1927 1
Death Year
2007 1
Nationality
American 1
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Source A History of TechnologyCharles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors

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The Laser, Inventions
Source Technology: A World HistoryDaniel R. Headrick
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1. A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954
Technology: A World History
Daniel R. Headrick, Oxford University Press, 2009
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