SETI Institute Special Colloquium by Nobel Prize winner Charles Townes

SETI Institute Special Colloquium by Nobel Prize winner Charles Townes

09/10/2008 - Science in my life, and the unpredictability of discovery. Professor Townes is the 1964 Nobel prize winner for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle. He is a former member of the SETI Institute board. His presentation will focus on the fact that many of the most important discoveries have been unpredicted surprises, hence we need to search intensely and hopefully ...