Reading rank 158
A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War
, subject: Biography of Edwin Land and the Polaroid-Kodak patent war, 2015
Edwin Land’s early life and Polaroid’s patent trial against Kodak, told together in a single narrative.
94
Coverage Score
8
Scored evidence
About the book
Fierstein served on Polaroid's legal team in the patent case he recounts, which began after Kodak entered instant photography in 1976 and lasted fifteen years. A reviewer praised the research and found the legal detail heavy going for general readers.
Why read it
Best if you want Edwin Land’s early life and the Polaroid–Kodak patent trial covered together in one well-researched book
Key themes
- Who Land was before the trial
- The Polaroid–Kodak trial
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #40, #132, #134, #191, #249, #257, #263
This record is supported by 8 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid — David names A Triumph of Genius as a book about Edwin Land that he plans to cover in a future episode.
- Edwin Land (Steve Jobs's Hero) — David previews the exact Edwin Land and Kodak patent-war book, pronouncing its title as Triumph for Genius.
- Edwin Land (Polaroid vs Kodak) — The host introduces this as the book he is discussing today and builds the entire episode around its narrative, quotes, and the Polaroid-Kodak trial it covers.
- Naval Ravikant (A Guide to Wealth and Happiness) — David identifies this book as Founders episode 134.
- Steve Jobs In His Own Words — David points listeners to four prior Founders episodes covering five works about Edwin Land and Polaroid.
- Richard Garriott (Video Games and Space Exploration) — David says he covered A Triumph of Genius on Founders number 134.