Talk:Stanford R. Ovshinsky

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No mention of his wife Iris[edit]

According to the episode Hydrogen Hopes of Scientific American Frontiers on PBS (US TV), Stan and Iris work as a team. The PBS web site article which i linked starts with that topic. Also, no mention of his solid hydrogen storage tank made of metal hydrides. TIA. Jerome Potts 04:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Reponse: Dr. Iris Ovshinsky is practically never listed as co-inventor in Stan's patents or co-author of his papers. Also, there was a mention of the nickel metal hydride storage battery in the "main" article that I wrote for wikipedia. Dan Shanefield

I just saw a documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, called "Who Killed the Electric Car?" by Chris Paine. Stan and Iris Ovshinsky were featured prominently in the film. They were also in the audience and took questions from members of the audience after the screening. I was very impressed by his work and would say that the documentary might be linked to in some way if possible. and am just writing to support the need to flesh out this listing. I am a librarian so --Christy Sayre

Maybe there should be a page for Dr. Iris Ovshinsky?

Birth date[edit]

Two biographical entries for the same person have just been merged here. The other says he was born 1922, this one says 1923. Can we confirm the year? Thanks. Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:15, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stan was, in fact, born November 24, 1922, according to his mother's Petition for Naturalization. --Thomprod (talk) 00:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quote[edit]

Maybe a good quote from Mr. Ovshinsky from the movie 'Who killed the Electric Car' is: "Anybody who wants to make a revolution shouldn't grab a gun, just go and start working like we do to change the world by using science and technology".

is the name Sanford or Stanford? (or, let's be consistent)[edit]

in the current article, the name "Sanford" is used twice. I'm assuming these are typos so I am changing them, please correct me if I am wrong. --chodges 05:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

His first name is spelled Stanford. --Thomprod (talk) 00:02, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question about accomplishments[edit]

Does this article meet Wikipedia's standards for objectivity, and is more detailed information required about the subject's actual inventions? Is the article too vague? 03:26, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

'In league with Thomas Edison', come again? The article only mentions one or two things he's done - hardly a drop in Edison's bucket. Please add more of his other accomplishments to the article (if they exist) to support this extraordinary claim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CR1670 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote it. (I used to work with Stan.) Here are some Categories (I guess!): biography, physics, electronics, semiconductors, memory devices, batteries, electric automobiles, glass, amorphous. The title could be "Stanford R. Ovshinsky," altho he likes to go by the name of "Stan." But make sure your searcher can find him, looking for just "ovshinsky" (it didn't in one attempt I made). Dan Shanefield shanefield@ieee.org http://homepage.mac.com/shanefield/shanefield3/Personal28.html

I agree with the first poster here - the article reads like a puff piece and isn't up to Wikipedia standards for objectivity. He is referred to as "Stan" in the article, and comparing him to Edison without describing what great inventions he has created is shoddy at best, and at worst looks insidious. If you want to compare him to Edison, list 5 or 6 major inventions that have made a difference in the article. Listing a bunch of fields he has worked in on the talk page doesn't work. Really, reading the article it looks like his greatest accomplishment is schmoozing - there is much more about who he has known than what he has done. Alexgriz (talk) 03:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does anybody know his birth place?[edit]

Thank you, --72.209.9.165 (talk) 00:02, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Akron, Ohio, as stated in the lead of the article. --Thomprod (talk) 00:03, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This Puff Piece is 50 Percent Longer than Necessary[edit]

This article is embarrassingly puffy. It sounds like it was written by a bad PR agent for Ovshinsky. It's so over the top in glowing superlatives that one has to unfortunately discredit everything in it about this probably virtuous and capable man. The article should be written objectively. Minor details about character should not be repeated. References to good works and family should be minimized. All of these things should be reserved to a biography or eulogy, but not to an informative, objective article. The characterizations in this article are just plain silly. If his family and friends want a monument for Ovshinsky, then they can erect one. Wikipedia should be more credible than this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.135.164.172 (talk) 14:44, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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