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THE IDEA FACTORY - JON GERTNER KARTONIERT (TB)

The definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some
of the 20th century’s most influential technologies  “Filled with colorful characters and
inspiring lessons . . .  The Idea Factory  explores one of the most critical issues of our
time: What causes innovation?” —Walter Isaacson   The New York Times Book Review   “Compelling
. . . Gertner's book offers fascinating evidence for those seeking to understand how a society
should best invest its research resources.” — The Wall Street Journal   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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