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An edition of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (2012)

The idea factory

the Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (11 ratings)
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  • 3 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

A interesting history of Bell Labs from its rise to its fall. The author traces the innovators and innovations produced by the Labs which have changed the way we think about communication.

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Penguin Press
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Creative ability Telecommunication Inventors Technological innovations Bell Telephone Laboratories History Créativité Bell Laboratories Forschung und Entwicklung Inventeurs Informationstechnik Innovations Innovation Télécommunications New York Times reviewed Telecommunication, history Technological innovations, united states United states, history, 20th century

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Mervin Kelly Claude Shannon Bill Shockley

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United States

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20th century
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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2012, Penguin Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
384
Library of Congress
TK5102.3.U6 G47 2012, TK5102.3.U6G47 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.

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Open Library
OL25061212M
ISBN 13
9781594203282
LCCN
2011040207
OCLC/WorldCat
733230713

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OL16184356W

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