The Idea Factory: Bell Labs And The Great Age of Innovation

Bell Labs holds an unparalleled role as an incubator of innovation and birthplace of the century’s most influential technologies. Long before America’s brightest scientific minds began migrating west to Silicon Valley, they flocked to this campus in the New Jersey suburbs built and funded by AT&T. Gertner unveils the unique magic of Bell Labs through the eyes and actions of its scientists.

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Jon Gertner has been a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine since 2004, where he writes about business, technology, and society. He has also served as a senior editor for Money and The American Lawyer. He is a graduate of Cornell University.

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