A triumph of genius

This riveting biography visits the spectacular life of Edwin Land, perhaps the most important yet least known inventor and technology entrepreneur in American history.

Land’s most famous achievement was the creation of a revolutionary film and camera system that could produce a photographic print moments after the picture was taken.

The book takes you behind the scenes of his discoveries, triumphs, and defeats, including his involvement over four decades with top-secret U.S.

military intelligence efforts during World War II and the Cold War. It also details the epic legal battle between Polaroid and Kodak, one of the most significant patent litigations of the 20th century.

The book is a biographical legal thriller that offers many lessons for 21st-century entrepreneurs.