I think we must say this to each department: "Sharpen up th… - Edwin H. Land

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I think we must say this to each department: "Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own. They will not have years in which to find out what you meant, years during which they might achieve a sense of rich insight into your domain. But they are intelligent, they are earnest in their own department; they will profit all their lives from one year of brilliant teaching."

Edwin H. Land

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Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor. Among other things, he invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and his retinex theory of color vision.

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Native Name: Edwin Herbert Land

Alternative Names: Edwin Land • E. H. Land

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Now, partly that was work, and partly that was brains, but very largely it was having the guts, the guts to be immodest in the right way.

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