“A contemporary man who has not participated intimately in actual work in science is, in my opinion, not a modern man. I believe that this experience in science should come early in the life of all of our pupils.”

— Edwin H. Land

Generation of Greatness (1957)

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American scientist and inventor 1909–1991

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