| Title | : | A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War |
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1627227695 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 644 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-16 |
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Apple founder Steve Jobs once hailed Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid and the father of instant photography, as "a national treasure" and once confessed to a reporter that meeting Land was "like visiting a shrine." By his own admission, Jobs modeled much of his own career after Land’s. Both Jobs and Land stand out today as unique and towering figures in the history of technology. Neither had a college degree, but both built highly successful and innovative organizations. Jobs and Land were both perfectionists with an almost fanatic attentiveness to detail, in addition to being consummate showmen and instinctive marketers. In many ways, Edwin Land was the original Steve Jobs.
This riveting new biography visits the spectacular life of Edwin Land, perhaps the most important, yet least known inventor and technology entrepreneur in American history. Land’s most famous achievement was the creation of a revolutionary film and camera system that could produce a photo
Editorial : The book will appeal to photographic historians but will also have a wider resonance for those interested in business history, management theory, and the history of science. (Dr. Michael Pritchard, FRPS, director-general, The Royal Photographic Society)
A really wonderful book! This is a great adventure story. Fierstein brings the story to life in such a way that at the end, the reader actually senses the huge emotional strain that such a long, fierce, and persistent battle entailed for those participating in it. (Paul M. Janicke, HIPLA Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center)
This volume covers the period embracing the two world wars ; his stand and his intellectual role are very important. This fascinating book faithfully captures the personalities and the dramatic interactions of the players on both sides, as well as their back office and courtroom strategies and the enormous technical, business and litigation risks they took. great book. Fabulous find!! Also contains details on many of the families living in Charleston and the pieces of furniture they ordered. It is also up-to-date in considering some letters only recently revealed that cast a light on an unusual extra-marital arrangement that may have facilitated her career. We can only hope that others will follow his lead.. The history of these textiles' invention and changing use makes for a fine coverage of trends and cultural traditions in a title highly recommended for any college-level collection.. This fifteenth volume is the final issue of the catalogs describing the Robert Lehman collection wh
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