The Idea Factory

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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First edition
AuthorJon Gertner
LanguageEnglish
Subject Bell Labs
Genre Corporate history
Publisher Penguin Press
Publication date
March 15, 2012
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover), print (paperback), e-book, audiobook
Pages432
ISBN 9781594203282

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation is a 2012 book by Jon Gertner that describes the history of Bell Labs, the research and development wing of AT&T, as well as many of its personalities, including Claude Shannon and William Shockley. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Reception

The New York Times said that Gertner's "portraits of Kelly and the cadre of talented scientists who worked at Bell Labs are animated by a journalistic ability to make their discoveries and inventions utterly comprehensible". [5]

The Idea Factory was reviewed favorably by Foreign Policy , the New York Times , the Cleveland Plain-Dealer and others. [5] [6] [7] Three adapted excerpts from the book were published in TIME . [8]

Facebook co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg recommended The Idea Factory to his book club in 2015, saying of the choice, "[he is] very interested in what causes innovation — what kinds of people, questions and environments." [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ Rick Wartzman (14 August 2018). "This new laboratory will explore how people can truly flourish at work". Fast Company. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Kelly Giuliano (20 November 2018). "Author says he could not imagine Bell Labs having a future". CentralJersey.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Idea Factory: How Bell Labs Created The Future". NPR. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Derek Thompson (1 November 2017). "Google X and the Science of Radical Creativity". The Atlantic. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 Michiko Kakutani (March 19, 2012). "What Hath Bell Labs Wrought? The Future". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Konstantin Kakaes (15 March 2012). "Book Review: Jon Gertner's "The Idea Factory"". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Karen R. Long (9 April 2012). "In 'The Idea Factory,' Jon Gertner paints Bell Labs astutely". Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Jon Gertner (21 March 2012). "How Bell Labs Invented the World We Live in Today". TIME. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Richard Feloni (9 November 2015). "Why Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone to read about the lab that has won the most Nobel Prizes". Business Insider. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Marguerite Ward (11 April 2017). "2 books that changed the way Mark Zuckerberg thinks about innovation". NBC. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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