简介:<正>CharlesHardTowneswasborninGreenville,SouthCarolina,onJuly28,1915.thesonofHenryKeithTownes,anattorney,andEllen(Hard)Townes.HeattendedtheGreenvillepublicschoolsandthenFurmanUniversityinGreenville,wherehecompletedtherequirementsfortheBachelorofSciencedegreeinphysicsandtheBachelorofArtsdegreeinModernLanguages,graduatingsummacumlaudein1935,attheageof19.Physicshadfascinatedhimsincehisfirstcourseinthe
简介:Ifeelthatthisawardwasnotmadetomeasaman,buttomywork—alifesworkintheagonyandsweatofthehumanspirit,notforgloryandleastofallforprofit,buttocreateoutofthematerialsofthehumanspiritsomethingwhichdidnotexistbefore,sothisawardisonlymineintrust.Itwillnotbedifficulttofredadedi-cationforthemoneypartofitcommensuratewiththepurposeandsignificanceofitsorigin.ButIwouldliketodothesamewiththeac-claimtoo,byusingthismomentasa...