Who Is Leonard Kleinrock?

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Leonard Kleinrock Leonardo Kleinrock was born on June 13th in 1934 in Manhattan, New York.
Since Leonard Kleinrock was just 8 years old he has known what he wanted to when he grew up. He stuck with that decision throughout his life. Kleinrock had 1 sister that is 2 years older that him. His sister didn’t follow the same career path that he did. He was a comic book reader, when he was little he made a crystal radio from the tutorial in the back of the comic book named “Superman”. At the age of 15, Kleinrock went to Bronx High School of Science. He went to a high school of science and continued to fulfill his dream. Kleinrock didn’t grow up a nerdy know-it-all kid. Even though he went to a school for science and had a high education level,

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