Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer (died 2007)

Theodore Maiman

American physicist (1927–2007); inventor of the first working laser

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…