Stanford R. Ovshinsky

Stanford Robert Ovshinsky
Stanford Robert Ovshinsky
	Stanford R. Ovshinsky, August 2005
Born	November 24, 1922 ; Akron, Ohio , U.S.A.
Died	October 17, 2012 (aged 89) ; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan , U.S.A.
Occupation(s)	American inventor , scientist , and entrepreneur
Spouse	Norma Rifkin (m. c. 1943 ? c. 1959 (divorce)) ; Iris Ovshinsky (m. c. 1960?2006 (her death)) ; Rosa Young (m. c. 2007?2012 (his death)) ; ;

Stanford Robert Ovshinsky (November 24, 1922 ? October 17, 2012) was an American inventor and scientist . ^[1] He had well over 400 patents over fifty years. Most of these were in the areas of energy and information . ^[2] Many of his inventions have had many uses. Among the most important are:

An environmentally friendly nickel-metal hydride battery . These are used in laptop computers , digital cameras , cell phones , and electric and hybrid cars
solar energy laminates and panels
Flat screen liquid crystal displays
Rewritable CD and DVD discs
Hydrogen fuel cells
Nonvolatile phase-change memory . ^[3]^[4]

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↑ "Inventor, solar innovator Stanford R. Ovshinsky dies at 89" . Archived from the original on 2012-12-09 . Retrieved 2012-10-20 .
↑ Avery Cohn, "A Revolution Fueled by the Sun," Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies (Spring 2008): p. 22.
↑ "The Edison of our Age?" The Economist , December 2, 2006, pp. 33?34.
↑ Hellmut Fritzsche and Brian Schwartz, Stanford R. Ovshinsky: The Science and Technology of an American Genius (Singapore: World Scientific, 2008), p. 1.

[1] "Inventor, solar innovator Stanford R. Ovshinsky dies at 89" . Archived from the original on 2012-12-09 . Retrieved 2012-10-20 .

[Cohn_22-2] Avery Cohn, "A Revolution Fueled by the Sun," Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies (Spring 2008): p. 22.

[Econ_20061202_33_34-3] "The Edison of our Age?" The Economist , December 2, 2006, pp. 33?34.

[4] Hellmut Fritzsche and Brian Schwartz, Stanford R. Ovshinsky: The Science and Technology of an American Genius (Singapore: World Scientific, 2008), p. 1.

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