Charles H. Townes

Was an American physicist.Townesphysicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.

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Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route toon route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

Townes health began to decline, and he died at he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

Townes health began to decline, and decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

Townes health began to began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

Townes health health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

TownesTownes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015.

Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015. "His strength was his curiosity and his unshakable optimism, based on his deep Christian spirituality."

"His strength was his curiosity and his unshakable optimism, based on his deep Christian spirituality."

Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015. "He was one of the most important experimental physicists of the last century," Reinhard Genzel, a professor of physics at Berkeley, said of Townes. "His strength was his curiosity and his unshakable optimism, based on his deep Christian spirituality."

Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015. "He was one of the most important experimental physicists of the last century," Reinhard Genzel, a professor of physics at Berkeley, said of Townes. "His strength was his curiosity and his unshakable optimism, based on his deep Christian spirituality."

Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015,. "He was one of the most important experimental physicists of the last century," Reinhard Genzel, a professor of physics at Berkeley, said of Townes. "His strength was his curiosity and his unshakable optimism, based on his deep Christian spirituality."

Townes had steadily been active at the UCB campus, visiting and working regularly in the physics department or at the Space Sciences Laboratory past his 99th birthday and only a few months before his death.

Townes had steadily been active at the UCB campus, visiting and working regularly in the physics department or at the Space Sciences Laboratory past his 99th birthday and only a few months before his death. Townes health began to decline, and he died at the age of 99 in Oakland, California, on route to the hospital on January 27, 2015, "He was one of the most important experimental physicists of the last century," Reinhard Genzel, a professor of physics at Berkeley, said of Townes. "His strength was his curiosity and his unshakable optimism, based on his deep Christian spirituality."