Triumph of GeniusRonald K. Fierstein
Triumph of Genius
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For anybody interested in this era of photography, the book "A Triumph of Genius" by Ronald K. Fierstein is such a brilliant documentation of the history around the Kodak vs Polaroid patent war.
on “A Design Battle Between Chip Engineers Led to Polaroid’s SX-70 Camera (1989)” ↗Based on what you said you have enjoyed already, I'd highly recommend "A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid and the Kodak Patent War" by Ronald K. Fierstein (http://www.triumphofgenius.com/). It is a history of Land and Polaroid, together with a detailed, insider's view of the long-running…
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