The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner.
By: Gertner, Jon
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TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594203282; 1594203288.Subject(s): 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 centuryDDC classification: 384 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 384 G328 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003745213 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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