Riding the waves : a life in sound, science, and industry / Leo Beranek.
Riding the waves : a life in sound, science, and industry / Leo Beranek.
Riding the waves : a life in sound, science, and industry / Leo Beranek.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
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N620.2092/1
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English
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x, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Iowa and beyond: from bumble bees to ivy -- Harvard : shaping the future -- Wartime : communications and kamikazes -- MIT, teaching, writing, AT&T, and traveling -- Bolt Beranek & Newman, the United Nations, big noise, and the Internet -- Muffling the jet age -- Music, acoustics, and architecture --...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
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Massachusetts
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c2008.
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Known for his work in noise control and concert acoustics, Beranek devised the world's largest muffler to quiet jet noise and served as acoustical consultant for concert halls around the world (including the Tanglewood Music Shed, the storied summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra). As president of BBN, he assembled the software group that in...
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Riding the waves : a life in sound, science, and industry / Leo Beranek.
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Includes index.
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N620.2092/1
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74VK3GmLBNVA
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0262026295 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262026291 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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620.2092 B
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991023831739702626
