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Wilson Greatbatch

(1919–2011) Engineer

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Wilson Greatbatch was an engineer, best known for The Making of the Pacemaker.

Quick Facts About Wilson Greatbatch

Born: September 6, 1919
Died: September 27, 2011
Profession: Engineer
Notable works: The Making of the Pacemaker

About Wilson Greatbatch

Wilson Greatbatch was an American engineer and pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1990).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Wilson Greatbatch

Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel…

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Attractive

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Our present nuclear fusion reactors are classified by the methods used to support the nuclear fusion reaction, which takes place at a…

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Fusion

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There is more energy locked up in sources around the solar system than we could ever reasonably expect to need, the problem…

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Cost

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When you buy a gallon of gas, over 60 percent of the energy you pay for goes out the radiator in the…

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Car

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Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve…

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Ability

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We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards,…

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Just do it

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Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired…

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Automobile

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We have never succeeded in slowing down our nuclear fusion reactors.

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Down

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This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that…

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Committees

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History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise.

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Arise

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It is clear that the nation that assumes stewardship of the Moon now will inherit stewardship of the galaxy in the coming…

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Assuming

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I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30…

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Any

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Failure is a learning experience, and the guy who has never failed has never done anything.

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Done

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There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All…

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Earth

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France generates a significant part of its energy requirements from fission reactors and these have achieved a perfect safety record. We build…

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Energy

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The 20th Century was the century of Aviation and the century of Globalization. The next century will be the century of Space.

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20th century

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