Fig. 1. Prof. Marlan Scully, Texas A&M University, United States.

Fig. 2. Left to right: Ali Javan, Paul Mandel, Marlan Scully, Willis Lamb, and Olga Kocharovskaya (provided by Marlan Scully).

Fig. 3. Cowboy physicists. Marlan Scully with Vladilen Letokhov in the late 1970s, at the Scully “ℏ” ranch in Arizona (provided by Marlan Scully).