Labs · Patrick Collison

Some materials about successful industrial/applied research labs. I recommend all of them. Further recommendations very welcome. Also, does it just seem that their heyday is past, or has something structurally changed?

Some materials about successful industrial/applied research labs. I recommend all of them. Further recommendations very welcome. Also, does it just seem that their heyday is past, or has something structurally changed? Dealers of Lightning. The definitive book about PARC. Inside PARC: the 'information' architects (IEEE Spectrum, Oct 1985). Good article about PARC. Interview with Bob Taylor (and another), who ran the PARC CS Lab. The Idea Factory. The definitive book about Bell Labs. (There should be more...) The Art of Doing Science and Engineering. Only indirectly about Bell Labs but…

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