Three Degrees Above Zero

About this book

Bell Laboratories is one of the worlds 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.