Ithiel de Sola Pool

Ithiel de Sola Pool (October 26, 1917 – March 11, 1984) was a pioneer in the development of social science.

To talk to others who are unseen and far away is an experience which, before the telephone, occurred only in mythology. Gods, devils, and angels talked from the sky across the world, but not mere mortals.

Quotes

• The Telephone will democratize hierarchic relations.
  • Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment. (1983), MIT Press, p. 61

External links

• Profile from American National Biography