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

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jon Gertner 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2013-02
• ISBN 9780143122791
• 定价 133.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 432页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromItsBeginningsInThe1920SUntilItsDemiseInThe1980S,BellLabsOfficially,TheResearchAndDevelopmentWingOfAt&TWasTheBiggest,AndArguablyTheBest,LaboratoryForNewIdeasInTheWorld.FromTheTransistorToTheLaser,FromDigitalCommunicationsToCellularTelephony,It'SHardToFindAnAspectOfModernLifeThatHasn'TBeenTouchedByBellLabs.In"TheIdeaFactory",JonGertnerTracesTheOriginsOfSomeOfTheTwentiethCentury'SMostImportantInventionsAndDeliversARivetingAndHeretoforeUntoldChapterOfAmericanHistory.AtItsHeartThisIsAStoryAboutTheLifeAndWorkOfASmallGroupOfBrilliantAndEccentricMenMervinKelly,BillShockley,ClaudeShannon,JohnPierce,AndBillBakerWhoSpentTheirCareersAtBellLabs.Today,WhenTheDriveToInventHasBecomeAMantra,BellLabsOffersUsAWayToEnrichOurUnderstandingOfTheChallengesAndSolutionsToTechnologicalInnovation.Here,AfterAll,WasWhereTheFoundationalIdeasOnTheManagementOfInnovationWereBorn.