Gordon Gould

Gordon Gould was an American physicist who is widely, but not universally, credited with the invention of the laser.

Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents for the laser and related technologies. He also fought with laser manufacturers in court battles to enforce the patents he subsequently did obtain.

Date of birth:
17th July, 1920
Date of death:
16th September, 2005
"That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics."
― Gordon Gould
Topic(s): Attitude

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