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The Playful Physicist

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This interview covers Arthur Schawlow’s professional life from his days as a graduate student at the University of Toronto, through his work with Charles Townes at Columbia University, his work at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, and into his professorship at Stanford University.

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This interview with Arthur L. Schawlow is adapted from an interview conducted by Joan Lisa Bromberg on January 19,1984, at Stanford University. This interview is one of some 1,000 transcribed interviews available for study by scholars at the American Institute of Physics Center for History of Physics in College Park, Maryland. Requests for reprints should be directed to John S. Rigden, Department of Physics, Washington University, St.Louis, MO 63130, USA, e-mail: jrigden@aip.org

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Schawlow, A.L. The Playful Physicist. Phys. perspect. 6, 310–343 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-003-0173-x

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Key words.

  • Malcolm F.Crawford
  • I.I.Rabi
  • Charles H.Townes
  • Columbia University
  • Bell Labs
  • Stanford University
  • superconductivity
  • microwave spectroscopy
  • maser
  • laser