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Apr. 27, 2012
The Idea Factory: How Bell Labs Created the Future
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In The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, Jon Gertner writes of the legendary innovations developed at AT&T's Bell Labs, from lasers and transistors to solar cells and cell phones, and discusses how the lab became a hotbed for new ideas.
In the SciFri Snack: 'Hells Bells Laboratory' is a song about Bell Labs, by Ian Mackintosh. Check out more SciFri Snacks -- and join a conversation about what you've heard -- at Sound Cloud.
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John Gertner
Author, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (The Penguin Press, 2012)
Editor, Fast Company
New York, New York
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