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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b>1st Annual Dasari
Lecture</b><br>
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<b>Charles Townes,<br>
</b>University of California Berkeley</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><i><b>The fun of a
physics career</b></i></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">A wide variety of spectroscopy and
its many applications will be<br>
discussed, including the beginnings of microwave spectroscopy, of
the<br>
maser and laser, non-linear optics, astronomical spectroscopy, and<br>
associated discoveries. This is a story of the power of
spectroscopy,</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">and the fun of explaining it.<font
color="#000000"><i><b><br>
<br>
</b></i>Tuesday, October 9, 2007</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">12:00 - 1:00
p.m.<br>
Grier Room (34-401)<br>
Refreshments served following the seminar<br>
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Sponsored by the George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory and the
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology</font></div>
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