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- ↑ Nielson, Donald (2006). A Heritage of Innovation: SRI's First Half Century. Menlo Park, California: SRI International. pp. 6-1–6-3. ISBN 978-0-9745208-1-0.
- ↑ "A Research Accomplishment Acknowledged". SRI International. 1964.
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