Summary: Transistors, lasers, satellites, information theory, and cell phones. Jon Gertner discusses the 20th-century technological powerhouse that was Bell Labs, which he chronicled in his book The Idea Factory.
Summary: Transistors, lasers, satellites, information theory, and cell phones. Jon Gertner discusses the 20th-century technological powerhouse that was Bell Labs, which he chronicled in his book The Idea Factory.