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 book is a lively acc...

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1. Verfasser: Hecht, Jeff
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Ausgabe:Rev. and expanded ed.
Schriftenreihe:Sloan technology series.
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Zusammenfassung:""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 book is a lively account of both the people and the ideas behind this revolutionary technology. The basic concept underlying fiber optics was first explored in the 1840s when researchers used jets of water to guide light in laboratory demonstrations. The idea caught the public eye decades later when it was used to create stunning illumina.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 340 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-327) and index.
ISBN:9780198026761
0198026765
0195186559
9780195186550
9780195162554
0195162552
1280452978
9781280452970
0199883084
9780199883080
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