Jim's Reviews > The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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Reading Progress
| 07/12/2012 | "on Disk 4: I'm glad they made this book into an audiobook." | |||
| 07/14/2012 |
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25.0% |
"A one pager on the 10 most important discoveries at Bell Labs http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/por..." |
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| 07/19/2012 |
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65.0% | "On disk 11, surprisingly engaging." | |
| 07/19/2012 |
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65.0% | "It was noted that the inventors of 3 of the Bell Labs breakthroughs had only one thing in common. They all occasionally ate lunch with the same person (who was known to ask very good and clarifying questions)" | |
| 07/19/2012 |
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70.0% | "laser, UNIX, digital switching and the start of the breakup." |

