Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American physicist Arthur Leonard Schawlow.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes. His central insight, which Townes overlooked, was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to visible wavelengths. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.

American - Physicist | May 5, 1921 - April 28, 1999

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Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers are religious. . . . I find a need for God in the universe and in my own life.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

To do suc cessful research, you don't need to know everything, you just, need to know one thing that isn't known.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork'. Thus scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Dead is when the chemists take over the subject.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the answer is

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Anything will lase if you hit it hard enough.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow