5x7 B&W glossy finish vintage photograph signed in black ink by Charles H. Townes. In very good condition. (1915-2015) Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. Townes was an adviser to the United States Government, meeting every US president from Harry S. Truman (1945) to Bill Clinton (1999).Comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics.