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Richard Zare describes the principles behind his discovery of the laser and its implications.
Richard N. Zare, 1983 National Medal of Science medalist, discusses the scientific principles underlying molecular spectroscopy, commonly called the laser, which he and his team discovered, and its vast implications on science today.
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