Reading rank 316
The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience
, subject: Edwin Land, Polaroid, innovation, company-building, 1978
A biography of Edwin Land that tells his life and Polaroid’s early history in a single account.
63
Coverage Score
4
Scored evidence
About the book
Mark Olshaker's book is a history of Edwin Land and Polaroid, covering the company, its cameras and film, and instant photography.
Why read it
Best if you want a biography of Edwin Land that also covers Polaroid’s early history.
Key themes
- Edwin Land as the subject
- Polaroid’s beginnings in the same story
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #132, #133, #249, #263
This record is supported by 4 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Edwin Land (Steve Jobs's Hero) — This episode is framed around a dedicated read-through of a biography covering Edwin Land's life and Polaroid's early history.
- Edwin Land (Polaroid and The Man Who Invented It) — David references the prior episode covering this Edwin Land biography.
- Steve Jobs In His Own Words — David points listeners to four prior Founders episodes covering five works about Edwin Land and Polaroid.
- Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It — David says Instant Image was covered on Founders number 132.