The idea factory :
by Gertner, Jon.
Published by : Penguin Press, (New York :) Physical details: 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN:9781594203282; 1594203288.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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