Describes the discovery, principles, and types of lasers, the light they produce, their contributions to industry, medicine, war, crime detection, communication, and other fields--and future uses of their amazing powers.
Presents step-by-step, illustrated instructions for building eighty-eight laser-based projects such as ray guns, light cannons, detection systems, and laser-beam communications devices, and includes information on the history of lasers and how they work.
Provides information about lasers, explaining what they are and how they work, and looking at how lasers are used in medicine, industry, the military, and other areas.