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    History Live: The Idea Factory

    History Live: The Idea Factory

    Presented by Chemical Heritage Foundation at Chemical Heritage Foundation

    July 18, 2012


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    Join the Chemical Heritage Foundation as author Jon Gertner and CHF senior research fellow David C. Brock discuss the history of technology in America and Bell Labs’ central place in that story.

    Jon Gertner is an editor at Fast Company. His recent book The Idea Factory has received glowing reviews in the New York Times and the Economist and earned him appearances on C-SPAN and NPR’s Science Friday.

    David C. Brock has written extensively about the history of Silicon Valley and such innovators as Gordon Moore and William Shockley.


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        Chemical Heritage Foundation

        315 Chestnut Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19106

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        FREE!

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        Info Phone: 215-873-8226

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        July 18, 2012

        Times:

        Reception @ 6 pm
        Program @ 7 pm


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