Nobel laureate: Charles H. Townes
Born: 1915-07-28, Greenville, SC, USA
Died: 2015-01-27, Berkeley, CA, USA
Gender: male
Prizes:
year: 1964
category: physics
share: 2
motivation: "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle"
affiliations: name: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
city: Cambridge, MA
country: USA