Laser
The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War
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Word Count
78,500 words, Guess
Page Count
314 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100595465285
- ISBN-139780595465286
- OCLC Control Number316874242
- Open LibraryOL9894052M
Description
"In 1957 Gordon Gould, then an obscure physicist and perennial graduate student, conceived one of the revolutionary inventions of the twentieth century - the laser. But before he could submit a patent application, a prominent professor of physics whose office was next door to Gould's filed his own laser patent claims. Gould fought to reclaim the rights to his work, beginning a battle that would last nearly thirty years. Many millions of dollars, as well as the integrity of scientific claims, were at stake in the litigation that ensued. Laser is Gould's story - and an eye-opening look at the patent process in America, the nexus of the worlds of business and science."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
"Call your first witness."
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