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From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest, and arguably the best, laboratory for new ideas in the world. From the transistor to the laser, from digital communications to cellular telephony, it's hard to find an aspect of modern life that hasn't been touched by Bell Labs. In The Idea Factory, Jon Gertner traces the origins of some of the twentieth century's most important inventions and delivers a riveting and heretofore untold chapter of American history. At its heart this is a story about the life and work of a small group of brilliant and eccentric men-Mervin Kelly, Bill Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and Bill Baker-who spent their careers at Bell Labs. Today, when the drive to invent has become a mantra, Bell Labs offers us a way to enrich our understanding of the challenges and solutions to technological innovation. Here, after all, was where the foundational ideas on the management of innovation were born.
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- PublisherCITIC Press Corporation
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 7508655893
- ISBN 13 9787508655895
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages322
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Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Paperback. Pub Date: 2016-01-01 Pages: 332 Language: Chinese Publisher: CITIC Publishing Group in the 1920s start-up. and end the split in the 1980s. as the United States Telephone and Telegraph Company's research and development division. Bell Labs has been It is the world's large-scale innovation. but also can be said to be a good laboratory. From transistors to lasers. from cellular phones to digital communications. modern life and can be described as closely related to Bell Labs. In the B. Seller Inventory # CX015370
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