Bibliograph

The idea factory, Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation, Jon Gertner

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The idea factory, Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation, Jon Gertner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The idea factory

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

733230713

Responsibility statement

Jon Gertner

Sub title

Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Wicked problems -- Oil drops -- West to East -- System -- War -- Solid state -- House of magic -- The informationist -- Man and machine -- Formula -- Silicon -- Empire -- An instigator -- On Crawford Hill -- Futures, real and imagined -- Mistakes -- Competition -- Apart -- Afterlives -- Inheritance -- Echoes

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