The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime.
Quote by Martin Rees, British scientist
Wikipedia: Fastener Manufacturing and Machine Company moved to Hoboken, N.J. in 1901. Gideon Sundback, a Swedish-American electrical engineer, was hired to work for the company in 1906. The company moved to Meadville, PA, where it operated for most of the 20th century under the name Talon, Inc. Sundback worked on improving a fastener for clothing while there, and in 1909 he registered a patent in Germany.
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