The ultimate game changer in the history of making copies was xerography, developed by a quiet, unassuming man who was sick of being bent over a desk for hours at a time making copies by hand. This man, Chester Carlson who grew up under unimaginable poverty, never stopped dreaming of inventing a machine to automatically make copies.
As an assistant to a patent attorney and later as a law school student, the nearsighted Carlson spent hours bent over his desk. With his muscles cramping and his back aching, he dreamed of a better way to make copies. He was never interested in money. He wanted to help society with an invention that would change the world.
Show notes (with time stamps)
Introduction: 00:00 – 04:35
The Beginning: 04:39 - 13:16
Post-college: 13:21 - 23:42
The Start of Something Big: 23:46 - 54:09
Conclusion: 54:15 - 56:30
Music
Artist: Scott Holmes
Album: Road Trip
Track: Indie Rock
References
Copies in Seconds: Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine by David Owen
Chester Carlson and the Development of Xerography by Susan Zannos