Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize.
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- To do successful research, you don't need to know everything, you just need to know one thing that isn't known.
- as quoted by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes (2003). Biographical Memoirs V.83. National Academies Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-309-08699-X.
- Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.
- as quoted by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes (2003). Biographical Memoirs V.83. National Academies Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-309-08699-X.
- Dead is when the chemists take over the subject.
- answering question if the subject of spectroscopy was dead for the physicists, as quoted by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes (2003). Biographical Memoirs V.83. National Academies Press. p. 202. ISBN 0-309-08699-X.
- Anything will lase if you hit it hard enough.
- as quoted by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes (2003). Biographical Memoirs V.83. National Academies Press. p. 203. ISBN 0-309-08699-X.