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On the recordJuly 15, 1997
For example, at Lawrence Livermore, I spent some time with a Dr. Campbell, who is one of the leading experts in the world on lasers. Lasers were invented in 1917 by Albert Einstein. It took scientists 43 years, and it was finally proven at Lawrence Livermore that he was right, that the formula he came up with in 1917 dealing with laser technology, that he really knew what he was talking about. But for the work done in our laboratories, things like this, they may have come to be, but it would have been years in the future. If you talk about great scientific minds in the last 50 years, they have all worked in these laboratories.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the significance of scientific research at Lawrence Livermore and its historical context.

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