| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1964 | 
| Number: | 68 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Alfred  Kastler | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1902 | 
| Year, Death: | 1984 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | University of Paris | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1966 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Charles Hard  Townes | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1915 | 
| Year, Death: | 2015 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | N.N. | 
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| Comments: | The prize to be shared between A. Kastler and C.H. Townes. | 
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