Pool, Ithiel de Sola, 1917-1984
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1917 - 1984
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ithiel de Sola Pool papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0440
Abstract
Ithiel de Sola Pool, professor of political science and director of the International Communications Program of the Center for International Studies (CIS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was a leading authority on the study of public opinion. Pool was a leader in the development of techniques by which detailed projections of public opinion can be made through the simulation of attitudes and attitude changes on a computer. The collection contains correspondence, reports,...
Dates:
1941 - 1984
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for International Studies records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0236
Abstract
The Center for International Studies (CIS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in 1952 to conduct social science research to help policymakers better understand and respond to international events. The Center grew out of Project Troy, a 1950 multidisciplinary summer study on the problem of Russian jamming of US radio signals. The collection documents CIS activities in correspondence; conference and committee records; and proposals and project files. Also included...
Dates:
1952 - 1986; 2017 - Ongoing
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