“Work outside of school hours was a necessity at an early age, and with such time as I had I turned toward interests of my own devising, making things, experimenting, and planning for the future. I had read of Thomas Alva Edison and other successful inventors, and the idea of making an invention appealed to me as one of the few available means to accomplish a change in one's economic status, while at the same time bringing to focus my interest in technical things and making it possible to make a contribution to society as well.”
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Chester Carlson
Chester Carlson, born on February 8, 1906, was an influential physicist from the United States. His innovative work in the field of patent application processing, particularly the invention of the xerographic copying process, had a profound impact on modern office automation. more
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