City of light: the story of fiber optics

"City of Light tells the story of fiber optics, tracing its transformation from 19th-century parlor trick into the foundation of our global communications network. Written for a broad audience by a journalist who has covered the field for twenty years, the books is a lively account of both the...

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Main Author: Hecht, Jeff 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 1999
Series:The Sloan technology series
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Summary:"City of Light tells the story of fiber optics, tracing its transformation from 19th-century parlor trick into the foundation of our global communications network. Written for a broad audience by a journalist who has covered the field for twenty years, the books is a lively account of both the people and the ideas behind this revolutionary technology."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XII, 316 S., [6] Bl. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0195108183

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