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John R. Pierce
Pulse code modulation co-developer
Bell Labs | Associates: Béla Julesz, Billy Klüver, Rudolf Kompfner, Max Mathews, Bernard M. Oliver, Claude Shannon, Fred Waldhauer
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John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 – April 2, 2002), was an American electrical engineer and author. He did extensive work concerning radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics, and science fiction. Additionally to his professional career he wrote science fiction for many years using the names John Pierce, John R. Pierce, and J. J. Coupling. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he earned his PhD from Caltech, and died in Sunnyvale, California, from complications of Parkinson's Disease.
Pierce wrote about electronics and information theory, and developed jointly the… More on Wikipedia →
