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Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the 30-Year Patent War
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Nick Taylor
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
November 1, 2000
Pages
304
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780684835150
ISBN-10
0684835150
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$27.50
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Summary
An account of the man who successfully proved that he had invented the laser recalls Gordon Gould's thirty-year battle with the U.S. Patent Office to claim this important legacy, in an inside look at the American patent process. 30,000 first printing.
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from Simon & Schuster (November 1, 2000)
9780684835150 | details & prices | 304 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $27.50
About: Recalls the thirty years physicist Gordon Gould spent proving to the United States Patent Office that he, not eminent and esteemed rival Charles Townes who had accessed and filed Gould's patent claims, had invented the laser.
About: Recalls the thirty years physicist Gordon Gould spent proving to the United States Patent Office that he, not eminent and esteemed rival Charles Townes who had accessed and filed Gould's patent claims, had invented the laser.
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