| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 630 pages) : illustrations (some color |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Prologue; Landisms; Chapter 1. A Very Special Young Man; Chapter 2. Polaroid Is Born; Chapter 3. One-Step Photography; Chapter 4. A Consumer Curiosity?; Chapter 5. Color; Chapter 6. Absolute One-Step Photography; Chapter 7. The Big Push-The Bigger Divide; Chapter 8. Aladdin Emerges; Chapter 9. The Coming Storm; Chapter 10. A Fight for Survival; Chapter 11. Kodak's View; Chapter 12. The Battle Is Joined; Chapter 13. Early Skirmishes in Discovery; Chapter 14. Searching for the Facts; Chapter 15. Kodak's Big Assault |
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Chapter 16. Land Joins the FrayChapter 17. The Long, Slow Road to the Courthouse; Chapter 18. The Final Turn; Chapter 19. Over the Precipice; Chapter 20. Land's Day in Court; Chapter 21. The Cross-Examination; Chapter 22. After the Main Event; Chapter 23. Kodak's Defense; Chapter 24. The Battle of the Experts; Chapter 25. The Waiting Game; Chapter 26. Victory at Last; Chapter 27. The Hammer Falls Harder; Chapter 28. Aftermath; Chapter 29. Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Endnotes; Index |
| Summary |
One man Steve Jobs outspokenly admired was Edwin Land, the creator of Polaroid's instant photography. Jobs revered Land as ""a national treasure, "" and modeled much of his career after his. Neither had a college degree, but both men built highly successful, innovative organizations. Both were perfectionists, micro-managers with fanatic attention to detail, consummate showmen and marketers. In many ways, Edwin Land was the original Steve Jobs |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-612) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Land, Edwin H., 1909-1991.
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| SUBJECT |
Land, Edwin H., 1909-1991 fast |
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Polaroid Corporation.
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Polaroid Corporation fast |
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography
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Polaroid Land camera -- History
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Instant photography.
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PHOTOGRAPHY -- Techniques -- Equipment.
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PHOTOGRAPHY -- Techniques -- General.
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Instant photography
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Inventors
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Polaroid Land camera
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1627227709 |
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9781627227704 |
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1494509474 |
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9781494509477 |
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