Charles H. Townes
Charles H. Townes
Charles Hard Towneswas an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor. Townes was known for his work on the theory and application of the maser, on which he got the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics connected with both maser and laser devices. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth28 July 1915
CountryUnited States of America
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Alfred Nobel really understood very well the necessary supra-natural character of the human enterprise.
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In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it's a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at.