Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist and educator, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964. He is renowned for his work on the theory and applications of the maser, for which he holds the foundational patent. Townes conducted pioneering research in quantum electronics and its relation to laser and maser technology, and he explored nuclear spin phenomena. He shared the Nobel Prize with Nikolai Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. A member of the United Methodist Church, Townes believed that science and religion could eventually converge, despite common perceptions of their divergence.
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Meaning of the name - Charles
free man, manly
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Place of Birth: Greenville
Place of Death: Oakland
Educated At: Furman University | Greenville High School | Duke University | California Institute of Technology
Occupation: nuclear physicist | university teacher | inventor | physicist
Spouses: Frances Brow
Employers: University of Michigan | University of California, Berkeley | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards Received: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Fellow of the American Physical Society | Mendel Medal | SPIE Gold Medal | Young Medal and Prize | Stuart Ballantine Medal | Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award | Niels Bohr International Gold Medal | John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science | Science Writing Award | IEEE David Sarnoff Award | Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy | C.E.K. Mees Medal | Remsen Award | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | Rumford Prize | Petrie Prize Lecture | Karl Schwarzschild Medal | Henry Norris Russell Lectureship | Karl G. Jansky Lectureship | Frederic Ives Medal | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Lomonosov Gold Medal | Guggenheim Fellowship | Comstock Prize in Physics | National Medal of Science | IEEE Medal of Honor | Templeton Prize | Wilhelm Exner Medal | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | Nobel Prize in Physics
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on July 28, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for July 28, 2025 |
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| Sun | 4 Leo 31 | 5 Leo 52 | 22 Scorpio 15 |
| Moon | 3 Pisces 21 | 23 Virgo 28 | 13 Pisces 36 |
| Mercury | 17 Cancer 42 | 11 Leo 24 | 5 Scorpio 45 |
| Venus | 21 Cancer 59 | 27 Gemini 10 | 8 Sagittarius 41 |
| Mars | 15 Gemini 34 | 24 Virgo 17 | 19 Leo 0 |
| Jupiter | 28 Pisces 3 | 11 Cancer 1 | 18 Pisces 18 |
| Saturn | 10 Cancer 24 | 1 Aries 37 | 17 Cancer 1 |
| Uranus | 14 Aquarius 1 | 0 Gemini 50 | 11 Aquarius 56 |
| Neptune | 0 Leo 21 | 2 Aries 1 | 2 Leo 39 |
| Pluto | 2 Cancer 31 | 2 Aquarius 29 | 2 Cancer 59 |
| Rahu | 18 Aquarius 1 | 20 Pisces 26 | 12 Aquarius 11 |
| Ketu | 18 Leo 1 | 20 Virgo 26 | 12 Leo 11 |
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