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Author:

Gertner, Jon.

Title:

The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Bell Telephone Laboratories--History--20th century.
Telecommunication--United States--History--20th century.
Technological innovations--United States--History--20th century.
Creative ability--United States--History--20th century.
Inventors--United States--History--20th century.
Bell Telephone Laboratories--History.
Telecommunication--United States--History.
Technological innovations--United States--History.
Creative ability--History.
Inventors--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Wicked problems -- Oil drops -- West to East -- System -- War -- Solid state -- House of magic -- The informationist -- Man and machines -- Formula -- Silicon -- Empire -- An instigator -- On Crawford Hill -- Futures, real and imagined -- Mistakes -- Competition -- Apart -- Afterlives -- Inheritance -- Echoes.

Summary:

Highlights achievements of Bell Labs as a leading innovator, exploring the role of its highly educated employees in developing new technologies while considering the qualities of companies where innovation and development are most successful.

ISBN:

1594203288
9781594203282

OCLC:

(OCoLC)733230713

LCCN:

2011040207

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