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Laser pioneer scoops religion prize Charles Townes, who co-invented the laser, has become the fourth physicist in six years to win the £795,000 Templeton prize for science and religion. The prize is given by the Wall Street financier Sir John Templeton for "progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual realities". Townes -- a practising Christian -- has written numerous articles and papers about science and religion over the past 40 years.
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