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UNINA9910815319603321 |
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Autore |
Beranek Leo L (Leo Leroy), <1914-2016.> |
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Titolo |
Riding the waves : a life in sound, science, and industry / / Leo Beranek |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
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0-262-25065-9 |
1-282-09933-7 |
9786612099335 |
0-262-26818-3 |
1-4356-2796-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Acoustical engineering - United States |
Music-halls |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 -- America's best TV station -- Family, nonprofits, and variety -- Art + physics = beautiful music. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The life and work of Renaissance man Leo Beranek: scientist, professor, engineer, business leader, inventor, entrepreneur, musician, television executive, philanthropist, and author. |
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