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The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner
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07/12/2012 "on Disk 4: I'm glad they made this book into an audiobook."
07/14/2012
25.0% "A one pager on the 10 most important discoveries at Bell Labs
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07/19/2012
65.0% "On disk 11, surprisingly engaging."
07/19/2012
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
70.0% "laser, UNIX, digital switching and the start of the breakup."
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