You first notice a manorial building and gorgeous grounds, but this is not Baltusrol Country Club in Springfield. You'll quickly discover that the main parking lot is reserved for customers and is full, but this is not The Mall at Short Hills. Inside are greeters in blazers behind a muted lectern, but this is not the Princeton Club. You are at Bell Labs in Murray Hill. In fact, there's a higher concentration of scientists working here than in any other state.
New Jersey is the Garden State.
He promised his business partners a minor invention every 10 days and a major invention every six months. This gave a fast pace and a practical bent to American science. Of the state's 7,000 technology businesses, Bell Labs is the most storied descendant of Edison's lab. Off to the right of the cavernous lobby, you see a Bell Labs Hall of Fame. Townes invented the maser.