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City of Light The Story of Fiber Optics. Jeff Hecht. Oxford University Press,
New York. 1999.
The Serendipity of science could well
have been a sub-title for this fascinating
tale of the coming of fibre optics by Jeff
Hecht in the Sloan Technology Series.
As the editor of a professional journal,
Hecht has covered lasers and fibre optics
for two decades. In this book he recounts,
in masterly fashion, the breakthroughs in
technology that have brought about a
revolution in communication. He brings
a light and humourous touch as he sketches the persona of the main players on