The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

Jon Gertner

432 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction business history science informative slow-paced
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The definitive history of America s greatest incubator of innovation, the birthplace of some of the 20th century s most influential technologies, including the integrated circuit, the communications satellite and the cell phone.From its beginnings...

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