This is a well-written, well-researched history of the center of technological innovation in the first 3/4 of the 20th century. The author picked his stories well, focusing on a few of the most impactful players in the history of technology, data, and communication. There were a few stories that I...
Back in the day when AT&T was a monopoly and no one had heard of Silicon Valley there was a company where scientists thought up all kinds of neat-o ideas. That was Bell Labs, funded by the megabucks raked in due to a lack of competition and where inventions like the transistor, laser and semiconduc...
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