Edwin Herbert Land (1909-91) was an American scientist, inventor, and true visionary seeing things differently from other people. He is best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation whose "Land Camera" went on sale in late 1948 making it possible for a picture to be taken and developed in 60 seconds or less. He also invented inexpensive filters for polarizing and the retinex theory of color vision, among other pioneering discoveries. The brilliant, driven man played a major role in the development of photographic reconnaissance and intelligence gathering efforts in the early Cold War years.
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