Townes is a Nobel Prize winning physicist
(1964), inventor, and Irish American.
His study of and
investigation of the properties of microwaves helped him
invent the maser. A maser amplifies electromagnetic
waves and was the basis for the laser.
Townes holds patents for both the maser
and the laser.
At the age of 89, Mr. Townes won the
2005 Templeton Prize.
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