Pradip Narayan Ghosh is a former Professor, University of Calcutta and former President of Indian Physical Society and Indian Association of Physics Teachers, West Bengal. He is one of the first in India who could set up a laboratory on Laser Cooling of Atoms. He is also the recipient of Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award.
"""The first chapter, the longest, very nicely summarizes the physics of lasers. The remaining nine individually discuss important topics relevant to lasers. There are many helpful diagrams and chapter-end problem sets."" ~Albert Claus, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Loyola University Chicago"