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Laser: The Inventor, the Noble Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War | Nick Taylor
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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. Reprint.
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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This book is about my Great Uncle Gordon Gould 💙

#SciBreakthrough 💥 #NewYearNewBooks 🎆🤓📖

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Impressive 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 11mo
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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This book is about the 30 year patent war my great uncle went through for the laser he invented, signed by my great uncle Gordon 💙

#AboutScience 👨🏻‍🔬 #MarchMagic 💚💰🌈🍀

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks What a treasure 💙 2y
Bklover Wow! 2y
Eggs What an honor-his struggle, the book, the note 🙏🏻😊 2y
TheBookgeekFrau Cool!! 2y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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TK-421 Gorgeous! 😍 5y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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This is the #TrueStory of my Granduncle, Gordon Gould's successful 30-year struggle to assert himself as the right inventor of the laser, and a myth-shattering, behind-the-scenes account of the American patent process. #TrueStories #RIOTGRAMS #SignedSundays #BookNerd 📚❤️

LeahBergen Cool! 8y
CouronneDhiver That's a neat connection. Love it! 8y
CindyMyLifeIsLit That's amazing! 8y
Ms_T Amazing! 8y
MemoirsForMe How cool is that! 8y
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