Beranek, Leo Leroy, 1914-....

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Birth 1914-09-15
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Acoustician and authority on acoustical science. Co-founder of Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. of Cambridge, MA; president 1953-1969, director 1953-1983. Taught at Harvard, 1940-1946; Associate Professor of Communication Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1959, and lecturer, 1959-1981. Fellow in American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Audio Engineering Society. Contributions in the fields of physical acoustics, psychoacoustics, architectural acoustics, electroacoustics, systems research and noise control.

From the description of Interview with Leo Beranek, [videorecording] recorded by Joseph Leary; 1998 April 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81360296

Acoustician and authority on acoustical science. Co-founder of Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. of Cambridge, MA; president 1953-1969, director 1953-1983. Taught at Harvard, 1940-1946; Associate Professor of Communication Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1959, and lecturer, 1959-1981. Fellow in American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Audio Engineering Society.

From the description of Oral history interview with Leo Leroy Beranek, 1989 September 30 and October 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306452

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Subjects:

  • Acoustical engineering
  • Acoustics
  • Airplanes
  • Airplane Sounds
  • Architectural acoustics
  • ARPANET (Computer network)
  • Computers
  • Electro-acoustics
  • Internet
  • Noise control
  • Noise control
  • Noise pollution
  • Sound
  • Sound
  • Speech

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  • Physicists

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