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A certain ounce of arrogance is not essential in carrying forward an idea. In talking about the device with others, surprising now number of people who either were quite negative and had reasons to suggest it would not function as described or claimed that it would be of little interest and no better than some already existing device.
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How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!
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Born:
August 19, 1924
Died:
May 7, 2011
(aged 86)
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Willard Sterling Boyle was a Canadian-American physicist, pioneer in the field of laser technology and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device.
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