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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55665412 Title: City of light : the story of fiber optics Author: Jeff Hecht Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN/ISSN: 0195162552 9780195162554 OCLC:55665412

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City of light : the story of fiber optics

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City of light : the story of fiber optics

Author:	Jeff Hecht
Publisher:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:	Sloan technology series.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : Rev. and expanded edView all editions and formats
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Jeff Hecht Find more information about:
ISBN:	0195162552 9780195162554
OCLC Number:	55665412
Description:	xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Introduction: building a city of light -- Guiding light and luminous fountains (1841-1890) -- Fibers of glass -- The quest for remote viewing: television and the legacy of sword swallowers (1895-1940) -- A critical insight: the birth of the clad optical fiber (1950-1955) -- 99 percent perspiration: the birth of an industry (1954-1960) -- A vision of the future: communicating with light (1880-1960) -- The laser stimulates the emission of new ideas (1960-1969) -- "The only thing left is optical fibers" (1960-1969) -- Trying to sell a dream (1965-1970) -- Breakthrough: the clearest glass in the world (1966-1972) -- Recipes for grains of salt: the semiconductor laser (1962-1977) -- A demonstration for the Queen (1970-1975) -- Three generations in five years (1975-1983) -- Submarine cables: covering the ocean floor with glass (1970-1995) -- The last mile: an elusive vision -- Reflections on the city of light -- Epilogue: the boom, the bubble, and the bust-- Apendix A. Dramatis personae: cast of characters -- Apendix B. a Fiber-optic Chronology.
Series Title:	Sloan technology series.
Responsibility:	Jeff Hecht.
More information:	Table of contents Publisher description

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