Science and Discovery - Charles Townes (SETI Talks)

SETI Talks Archive: http://seti.org/talks

Professor Townes is the 1964 Nobel prize winner 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. He is a former member of the SETI Institute board. His presentation will focus on the fact that many of the most important discoveries have been unpredicted surprises, hence we need to search intensely and hopefully. He will illustrate this with his own personal history, and other interesting examples that he knows well.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• seti
• nobel prize
• charles townes
• science
• uc berkeley

[wildchildplasma]

A man who knows how to use junk well I mean no offence by that what so ever.