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Gertner's history of Bell Labs highlighted its pivotal role in 20thcentury innovation and the tensions of a regulated monopoly.
Second, John Gertner's The Idea Factory, which is about Bell Labs. It was arguably the most important engine of innovation in the 20th century, and it was a part of the regulated monopoly telephone sy...
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Gertner's history of Bell Labs highlighted its pivotal role in 20thcentury innovation and the tensions of a regulated monopoly.
Second, John Gertner's The Idea Factory, which is about Bell Labs. It was arguably the most important engine of innovation in the 20th century, and it was a part of the regulated monopoly telephone system-- it's just a great book.