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Theodore Maiman (1927–2007)

Nature Photonics volume 1, pages 372–373 (2007)Cite this article

Laser pioneer, Theodore Maiman died on Saturday 5 May 2007, aged 79. His legacy lives on.

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  1. Jeff Hecht is a science and technology writer and author of Beam: The Race to Make the Laser (New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 2005). jeff.hecht@sff.net,

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