The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
by Jon Gertner
Published for the first time: 4/13/2012
432 pages, Hardcover
Genres: Engineering, Technology, Business, Science, History, Biography, Nonfiction
Illustrated in B/W. A sweeping, atmospheric history of Bell Labs that highlights its unparalleled role as an incubator of innovation and birthplace of the century's most influential technologies.
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