Three Degrees above Zero: Bell Laboratories in the Information Age

Bell Laboratories is one of the world's leading research centres. Bell scientists have won seven Nobel prizes in, physics, more than any other single institution in the world. In this engrossing book - a blend of popular science, and history -Jeremy Bernstein guides us on a fascinating tour of the labs, introducing us to the men and women who have been responsible for some of the greatest scientific advances of this century, in computers and computation, solid state physics (including the invention and development of the transistor); communications, and in astrophysics.Bernstein, Jeremy is the author of 'Three Degrees above Zero: Bell Laboratories in the Information Age', published 1987 under ISBN 9780521329835 and ISBN 0521329833.