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>In that world, perhaps the laser still would not have been invented! Actually, the maser/laser is one of those innovations that had multiple independent devel
by tmuir 12y ago
>In that world, perhaps the laser still would not have been invented!
Actually, the maser/laser is one of those innovations that had multiple independent developers, at multiple points of it's development. Various components can be attributed to different people, but the true "Inventor of the Laser" is somewhat murky and disputed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser#History
- cshimmin 12y agoFair enough! It's always interesting to hear these cases of ideas that must have been in the air. I've heard it said that if Einstein got hit by a bus, Lorentz (or someone) probably would have gotten Special Relativity wrapped up eventually, but that perhaps nobody else would have come up with General Relativity even yet.