Though he didn't invent magnetic tape storage itself. That history is available here : https://history-computer.com/magnetic-tape-complete-history-of-the-magnet

Though he didn't invent magnetic tape storage itself. That history is available here : https://history-computer.com/magnetic-tape-complete-history-of-the-magnetic-tape/ https://history-computer.com/magnetic-tape-complete-history-... Interestingly magnetic tapes are still the king of long term storage : https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/why-the-future-of-data-storage-is-still-magnetic-tape https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/why-the-future-...