Masers and Lasers, How They Work, What They Do

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. First edition (possibly the second printing; there is a lone "II" on copyright page.). Small Octavo in green illus DJ; xvi, 207 p. illus., diagrs. 21 cm. Fine in Fine DJ. . Hardcover.

A beautiful copy and presumably uncommon thus. / Chapters entitled: Electricity, magnetism, and waves -- Electrons and electron tubes -- Electromagnetic radiation and spectroscopy -- The atom and its electron world -- Photons-- packages of energy -- Atomic-energy ladders -- The first maser -- Traveling-wave ruby masers -- Ruby lasers and helium-neon lasers -- Semiconductor-junction lasers -- Waves and wave motions -- Electromagnetic-wave generators -- Maser uses and applications -- Laser uses and applications -- Simultaneous multivoice transmission -- The battle of the bandwidth -- Capsule history of the maser and laser. / Masers.  Lasers. History of science & technology