Gertner, Jon.
The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner. - New York : Penguin Press, 2012. - 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-412) 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.
9781594203282 1594203288
99948244817
2011040207
Bell Telephone Laboratories--History--20th century.
Telecommunication--History--United States--20th century.
Technological innovations--History--United States--20th century.
Creative ability--History--United States--20th century.
Inventors--History--United States--20th century.
501 GER
The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner. - New York : Penguin Press, 2012. - 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-412) 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.
9781594203282 1594203288
99948244817
2011040207
Bell Telephone Laboratories--History--20th century.
Telecommunication--History--United States--20th century.
Technological innovations--History--United States--20th century.
Creative ability--History--United States--20th century.
Inventors--History--United States--20th century.
501 GER