Beyond Babel; New Directions in Communications

Beyond Babel; New Directions in Communications
ISBN-10
0807061670
ISBN-13
9780807061671
Category
Technology & Engineering
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
1974
Publisher
Beacon Press (MA)
Author
Brenda Maddox

Description

What was taken seriously , and did spoil Comsat's chances , was the bombshell dropped by the Ford Foundation in 1966 . The foundation , in a plan prepared by Fred Friendly , the amiable giant who had quit the largest of the television ...

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