Pierce, John R. (John Robinson), 1910-2002
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Electrical engineer, musical acoustics.
From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84491512
From the description of Papers, 1936-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83715362
John R. Pierce earned all three of his degrees at the California Institute of Technology: B.S. in 1933, M.S. in 1934, and Ph.D. in 1936. He worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1936 to 1971, where his work included electronic tubes, microwave communications, and psychoacoustics. After leaving Bell, he joined the faculty at the California Institute of Technology where he taught until 1980 and was a chief technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1979 to 1982. In 1983 he became a visiting professor of music, emeritus, at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. In addition to his scholarly work, Pierce wrote science fiction under the name of J. J. Coupling, as well as his own.
From the description of John R. Pierce papers, 1933-2002 (inclusive), 1960-2002 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863814
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John R. Pierce earned all three of his degrees at the California Institute of Technology: B.S. in 1933, M.S. in 1934, and Ph.D. in 1936. He worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1936 to 1971, where his work included electronic tubes, microwave communications, and psychoacoustics. After leaving Bell, he joined the faculty at the California Institute of Technology where he taught until 1980 and was a chief technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1979 to 1982. In 1983 he became a visiting professor of music, emeritus, at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. In addition to his scholarly work, Pierce wrote science fiction under the name of J. J. Coupling, as well as his own.
From the guide to the John R. Pierce papers, 1933-2002, 1960-2002, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)
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referencedIn | AT & T Archives. Archives. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
referencedIn | Claude Elwood Shannon Papers, 1932-1995, (bulk 1938-1989) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Cutler, Cassius Chapin, 1914-. History of traveling wave tubes [videorecording] / Taped at Hughes Aircraft Co., Canoga Park, CA ; 1983 April 7. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
creatorOf | Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). Office of the Director. JPL Executive Council Collection, 1960-1982. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives | |
creatorOf | John R. Pierce papers, 1933-2002, 1960-2002 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
referencedIn | JPL Advisory Council Membership Lists, 1979. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives | |
referencedIn | Michael S. Mahoney papers., 1923-2008 | University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. | |
referencedIn | Olivia Mattis Collection, 1988-1990 | Archive of Recorded Sound | |
creatorOf | Pierce, John R. (John Robinson), 1910-2002. John R. Pierce papers, 1933-2002 (inclusive), 1960-2002 (bulk). | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
creatorOf | Pierce, John R. (John Robinson), 1910-2002. Papers, 1936-1976. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library |
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associatedWith | AT & T Archives. |
associatedWith | Borroff, Marie. |
associatedWith | Borroff, Marie. |
associatedWith | Cutler, Cassius Chapin, 1914- |
associatedWith | Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). Office of the Director. |
associatedWith | Mahoney, Michael S. (Michael Sean) |
associatedWith | Mattis, Olivia |
correspondedWith | Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001. |
associatedWith | Stanford University. Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. |
associatedWith | System Development Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.) |
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Birth 1910-03-27
Death 2002-04-02
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