LEADER 05102nam 2200685 450 001 9910452204703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-09933-7 010 $a9786612099335 010 $a0-262-26818-3 010 $a1-4356-2796-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000482581 035 $a(OCoLC)191868013 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10209885 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238229 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187774 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238229 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10222267 035 $a(PQKB)10222407 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338763 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat06482316 035 $a(IDAMS)0b00006481d03e19 035 $a(IEEE)6482316 035 $a(OCoLC)191868013$z(OCoLC)435374361$z(OCoLC)648335391$z(OCoLC)764485375$z(OCoLC)815776648$z(OCoLC)939263694$z(OCoLC)960204986$z(OCoLC)961525082$z(OCoLC)962625621$z(OCoLC)988418474$z(OCoLC)991996924$z(OCoLC)992041518$z(OCoLC)1037907851$z(OCoLC)1038634810$z(OCoLC)1045478710$z(OCoLC)1055405501$z(OCoLC)1064967005 035 $a(OCoLC-P)191868013 035 $a(MaCbMITP)7639 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338763 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10209885 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL209933 035 $a(OCoLC)939263694 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000482581 100 $a20151223d2010 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRiding the waves $ea life in sound, science, and industry /$fLeo Beranek 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cMIT Press,$dc2008. 210 2$a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :$cIEEE Xplore,$d[2010] 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-02629-5 327 $aIowa 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. 330 $aLeo Beranek, an Iowa farm boy who became a Renaissance man--scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, musician, television executive, philanthropist, and author--has lived life in constant motion. His seventy-year career, through the most tumultuous and transformative years of the last century, has always been propelled by the sheer exhilaration of trying something new. In Riding The Waves, Leo Beranek tells his story. Beranek's life changed direction on a summer day in 1935 when he stopped to help a motorist with a flat tire. The driver just happened to be a former Harvard professor of engineering, who guided the young Beranek toward a full scholarship at Harvard's graduate school of engineering. Beranek went on to be one of the world's leading experts on acoustics. He became Director of Harvard's Electro-Acoustic Laboratory, where he invented the Hush-A-Phone--a telephone accessory that began the chain of regulatory challenges and lawsuits that led ultimately to the breakup of the Bell Telephone monopoly in the 1980s. Beranek moved to MIT to be a professor and Technical Director of its Acoustics Laboratory, then left academia to found the acoustical consulting firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman. 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 invented both the ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet, and e-mail. In the 1970s, Beranek risked his life savings to secure the license to operate a television station; he turned Channel 5 in Boston into one of the country's best, then sold it to Metromedia in 1982 for the highest price ever paid up to that time for a broadcast station. "One central lesson I've learned is the value of risk-taking and of moving on when risks turn into busts or odds look better elsewhere," Beranek writes. Riding The Waves is a testament to the boldness, diligence, and intelligence behind Beranek's lifetime of extraordinary achievement. Leo Beranek is a pioneer in acoustical research, known for his work in noise control and the acoustics of concert halls, and the author of twelve books on these topics. The many awards he has received include the Presidential National Medal of Science, presented in 2003. 606 $aAcoustical engineering$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aMusic-halls 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAcoustical engineering 615 0$aMusic-halls. 676 $a620.2092 676 $aB 700 $aBeranek$b Leo Leroy$f1914-$0151247 801 0$bCaBNVSL 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452204703321 996 $aRiding the waves$9770502 997 $aUNINA