The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
by Jon Gertner · 2012
Buy on AmazonA 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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