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Chester F. Carlson
(8 Feb 1906 - 19 Sep 1968)
American physicist.
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Science Quotes by Chester F. Carlson (1 quote)
The need for a quick, satisfactory copying machine that could be used right in the office seemed very apparent to me—there seemed such a crying need for it—such a desirable thing if it could be obtained. So I set out to think of how one could be made.
— Chester F. Carlson
In interview with Dumond (1947) quoted in David owen, Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communications Breakthrough Since Gutenberg (2008), 70.
See also:
- 8 Feb - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Carlson's birth.
- Copies in Seconds... Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine, by David Owen. - 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.
(1987) -- 
