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The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gertner, Jon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Subjects:
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.
Bell Telephone Laboratories > History.
Telecommunication > United States > History.
Technological innovations > United States > History.
Creative ability > History.
Inventors > United States > History.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781594203282
1594203288