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In THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, Second Series, Vol. 130, N. 6, 15 june 1963, pp. 2529-2539, the entire issue in original printed wrappers. A good copy, ownership signature, spine professionally restored. FIRST EDITION. "The Quantum Side of Light
Since the 19th century, light was known to be a wave of electric and magnetic fields. In the early 20th century, the physics revolution known as quantum mechanics included the alternative description of light as a collection of particles called photons. But Roy Glauber of Harvard University realized that with the invention of the laser and the detectors capable of sensing a single photon, a more complete quantum theory of light was needed. His theory, published in 1963, explained that photons are not entirely independent objects and that detecting a photon from a light beam affects the probability of detecting another photon. His theory marked the birth of the field of quantum optics, which led to a wide range of advances, such as a type of optics-based cryptography that has already been used for some bank transactions. Glauber shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics for his work." ( https://journals.aps.org/international-year-of-light ). Stroke, p.218.