Mar 25 1962
From The Space Library
National Academy of Sciences announced that the John J. Carty Medal would be awarded Provost Charles H. Townes of MIT for his pioneering work in the development of the maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation). Dr. Townes was credited with the conception of the idea for the maser in 1951, which was subsequently used in radio astronomy in recording and charting minute radio signals emanating from celestial bodies and to receive echoes of a radar signal reflected from the planet Venus.
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