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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation is a 2013 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 eccentric personalities, such as Claude Shannon and William Shockley.
Reception
The New York Times said that Mr. 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 — indeed, thrilling — to the lay reader".
References
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA