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.
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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
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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.
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