Charles H. Townes
Prize presentation
Watch a video clip of the 1964 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Charles H. Townes, receiving his Nobel medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 1964.
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