Then and now

Arthur Kantrowitz

doi:10.1117/12.376962

1 February 2000 Then and now

Arthur Kantrowitz

Proceedings Volume 3885, High-Power Laser Ablation II; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.376962
Event: Advanced High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1999, Osaka, Japan

Abstract

Itreasure the analogy between aging and climbing a mountain. Ofcourse there are differences, mountain climbing is usually voluntary. As you climb a mountain you lose the ground detail but on a clear day broad views ofthe landscape are visible. The view from the mountain top is sometimes helpful to those working on the ground. I hope that the broad view ofthe technological landscape I present today will be of some use to those ofyou still lucky enough to be tilling that landscape. I will refer primarily to the IJS scene hut T believe that the technological landscape is as universal as human nature.

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Arthur Kantrowitz "Then and now", Proc. SPIE 3885, High-Power Laser Ablation II, (1 February 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.376962

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