Recollections

Description Of Item: Pictorial cover paper back with picture of Otto Wichterle, 210 x 145 mm, photographic portrait of Otto Wichterle as frontispiece and a book review in the Times Literary Supplement published in the December 7-13 1990 issue is reproduced on the inside of the front cover. Foreword by Martin M. Pollak whose company National Patent Development Corporation licensed the soft contact lens technology of Otto Wichterle and promoted the subsequent soft contact lens product through sub-licenses and set up its own company to manufacture and sell hydrophilic (soft) contact lenses throughout the world. This book is a translation to English from the original Czech language.