Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in German that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.
One example: The NBA season of 1975 -- 76 was the 30th season of the National Basketball Association .
Solution is here: Die Saison 1975 - 76 der National Basketball Association war die 30. Saison der NBA.
Explanation: This is a correct and accurate translation from English to German because the translated paraphrase retains the main message that between the years 1975-1976, the 30th NBA season occurred.

Now, solve this: The world 's first laser was developed in 1960 by the American scientists Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov and the Russian scientist Charles H. Townes .
Solution:
1960 wurde der weltweit erste Laser von den amerikanischen Wissenschaftlern Nikolay Basov und Alexander Prokhorov und dem russischen Wissenschaftler Charles H. Townes entwickelt.