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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11095684.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xii, 316 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195108183 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "621.36/92 21".
- catalog subject "Fiber optics.".
- catalog subject "TA1800 .H42 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "City of light : the story of fiber optics / by Jeff Hecht.".
- catalog type "text".