Quotes By Gordon Gould
That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics.
Gordon Gould
The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to do other things instead of making a laser.
Gordon Gould
I would have had my patent long, long ago, and it would have run out long, long ago. I would have made, maybe, $100.000, much less that the patent has brought me now.
Gordon Gould
There was a second problem that was still not a technical problem... the project became classified. I couldn't work on it after having gone to all that trouble. I was considered a security risk, so I could not get a clearance.
Gordon Gould