Physicist

Theodore Maiman

Built the first working laser, in a laboratory nobody was funding.

Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers. The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960. In a July 7, 1960, press conference in Manhattan, Maiman and his employer, Hughes Aircraft Company, announced the laser to the world. Maiman was granted a patent for his invention, and he received many awards and honors for his work. His experiences in developing the first laser and subsequent related events are recounted in his book, The Laser Odyssey, later being republished in 2018 under a new title, The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman.

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Born
1927-07-11, Los Angeles, USAA Monday
Died
2007-05-05, Vancouver, CanadaA Saturday, aged 79
At birth
Sun in Cancer, Moon in Sagittarius
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1927-07-11, Los Angeles, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer18°30′Direct
MoonSagittarius12°12′Direct
MercuryLeo1°06′Retrograde
VenusVirgo3°37′Direct
MarsLeo21°37′Direct
JupiterAries3°15′Direct
SaturnSagittarius1°30′Retrograde
UranusAries3°24′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo25°19′Direct
PlutoCancer15°32′Direct

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Death Chart

2007-05-05, Vancouver, Canada · time unknown, noon chart

America/Vancouverthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus14°54′Direct
MoonSagittarius22°33′Direct
MercuryTaurus18°01′Direct
VenusGemini27°11′Direct
MarsPisces22°32′Direct
JupiterSagittarius18°26′Retrograde
SaturnLeo18°22′Direct
UranusPisces17°45′Direct
NeptuneAquarius21°55′Direct
PlutoSagittarius28°39′Retrograde

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