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The idea factory :

by Gertner, Jon.
Published by : Penguin Press, (New York :) Physical details: 422 p. : 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 century.
Year: 2012
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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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