Riding the Waves : A Life in Sound, Science, and Industry.
Title:
Riding the Waves : A Life in Sound, Science, and Industry.
Author:
Beranek, Leo.
ISBN:
9780262268189
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Prologue -- 1 Iowa and Beyond: From Bumblebees to Ivy -- 2 Harvard: Shaping the Future -- 3 Wartime: Communications and Kamikazes -- 4 MIT, Teaching, Writing, AT&T, and Traveling -- 5 Bolt Beranek & Newman, the United Nations, Big Noise, and the Internet -- 6 Muffling the Jet Age -- 7 Music, Acoustics, and Architecture -- 8 America's Best TV Station -- 9 Family, Nonprofi ts, and Variety -- 10 Art + Physics = Beautiful Music -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Degrees, Awards, and Honors.
Abstract:
The life and work of Renaissance man Leo Beranek: scientist, professor, engineer, busisess leader, inventor, entrepreneur, musician, television executive, philanthropist, and author.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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