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Ernst F.W. Alexanderson
(25 Jan 1878 - 14 May 1975)
Swedish-American electronics engineer and inventor whose contributions revolutionized radio communication, and enabled the first live radio broadcast. Later, he helped develop television. He spent 46 years associated with General Electric, and held 322 patents.
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Science Quotes by Ernst F.W. Alexanderson (1 quote)
The patent system was established, I believe, to protect the lone inventor. In this it has not succeeded. … The patent system protects the institutions which favor invention
— Ernst F.W. Alexanderson
'Inventors I Have Known', in Philip Alger, The Human Side of Engineering (1972), 137). Cited in David F. Noble, America By Design (1979), 84.
See also:
- 25 Jan - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Alexanderson's birth.
- Alexanderson: Pioneer in American Electrical Engineering, by Professor James E. Brittain. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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