Interview with Leo Beranek, [videorecording] recorded by Joseph Leary; 1998 April 14.

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Interview with Leo Beranek, [videorecording] recorded by Joseph Leary; 1998 April 14.

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Topics discussed on Tape 1 include Beranek's early career at MIT; the formation of Bolt, Beranek and Newman and its early projects in architectural acoustics and engineering, and noise control; the company's relationship to the Lincoln Laboratory and Joseph Licklider, and the birth of digital computing; the formation of ARPANet, predecessor of the Internet. On Tape 2 Beranek talks about his later work with BBN in Europe; talks about concert halls and architectural acoustics; answers various questions.

1 betacam master.3 sound cassettes (60 min. ea.) analog, mono.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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