Herbert Zeiger
Herbert Zeiger · Science & Medicine
Physicist; co-inventor of the maser
1925, The Bronx, New York City, United States — 2011, Dedham, Massachusetts, United States
United States
Herbert Zeiger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; co-inventor of the maser
Herbert Zeiger was an American physicist who, with Charles Townes and James Gordon at Columbia University in 1953, built the first ammonia maser, the device that opened the path to the laser. He spent his career at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and shared the first Charles Hard Townes Award. Public records identify him as Jewish (buried in a Jewish cemetery in West Roxbury).
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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Physicist; co-inventor of the maser
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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