City of light
Subtitle: the story of fiber optics
By: Jeff Hecht.
Series: The Sloan technology series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Fiber optics.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-304) and index.