The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594203288
• ISBN13: 9781594203282
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Forgotten history

Scientists aren't revered as they once were and that is a shame. Here you will find the creators of our current wonders of science as they began in bell labs a fascinating read