Laser's co-inventor, Nobel laureate Charles Townes, dead at 99
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 21:40
in Astronomy & Space
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Charles Townes, who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for invention of the laser, a feat that revolutionized science, medicine, telecommunications and entertainment, has died at age 99, the University of California at Berkeley reported.