<p>That’s true but the Magnetron came well before that and is closer to what you see in the microwave oven. What they did was to be used for improving radar systems and cost well into six figures even today. I’d call that a real stretch. </p>
<p>Same for the laser claim. All the work was done at Bell Labs and Columbia well before Schalow joined Stanford in 1961. That’s like claiming Stanford invented the car if 20 years later the inventor was appointed to the faculty. Not hardly.</p>
<p>Only the FM Synthesizer claim is really accurate.</p>