Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Idea FactoryCondition: NewEAN: 9780143122791ISBN: 9780143122791Publisher: Penguin Books LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/30/2013Item Height: 213mmItem Length: 139mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 365gAuthor: Jon GertnerLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American InnovationISBN-10: 0143122797Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Technology & EngineeringRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Idea Factory
Title: The Idea Factory
EAN: 9780143122791
ISBN: 9780143122791
Release Date: 05/30/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
ISBN-10: 0143122797
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Idea Factory : Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Entrepreneurship, Inventions, Creative Ability, General, History, Science & Technology
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 13.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Jon Gertner
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
