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.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Physical Description: xii, 316 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Series: Sloan technology series.
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