The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner.
2012
TK5102.3.U6 G47 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner.
Author
Gertner, Jon.
ISBN
9781594203282
1594203288
1594203288
Imprint
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
TK5102.3.U6 G47 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
384
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.