It seems that his religion did not have a significant enough impact on him. It seems that he stole his ideas for the laser from his student: Gordon Gould. In this interview he doesn’t mention Gould. It seems the patent was finally awarded to Gould in 1987
This guy should have debated Richard Dawkins
Happy 99th birthday Professor.
sooooo glad i found this channel. god i'm a nerd!
Its Charles H. Townes.
Charles *H.* Townes?
@ 53:01 Disappointing end: "The Big Designer". Hear how religion has a bad influence on science and a successful scientist.
It seems that his religion did not have a significant enough impact on him. It seems that he stole his ideas for the laser from his student: Gordon Gould. In this interview he doesn’t mention Gould. It seems the patent was finally awarded to Gould in 1987