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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

Laser: The Inventor, the Noble Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War | Nick Taylor

This book is about my Great Uncle Gordon Gould 💙

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Laser: The Inventor, the Noble Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War | Nick Taylor

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 💙

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Laser: The Inventor, the Noble Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War | Nick Taylor

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Laser: The Inventor, the Noble Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War | Nick Taylor

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 📚❤️

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