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Laser: Light of a Million Uses [Paperback]

Jeff Hecht (Author), Dick Teresi (Author)


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Book Description

February 6, 1998
Engrossing story — past, present, and future — of tools that use light instead to perform a host of functions — from providing superb fidelity on CDs and conveniences at the check-out counter to transforming surgical processes and improving telephone service and TV reception. "A fascinating, comprehensive book for the layman. Richly, readably thorough." — Wall Street Journal.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (February 6, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486401936
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486401935
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,759,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeff Hecht has been writing about lasers, optics and fiber optics for more than 35 years. After writing for industry magazine Laser Focus World for several years, he began writing books that explain laser science and technology to newcomers to the field. His books are aimed at readers from middle-school students to professionals. The New York Academy of Sciences gave his book Optics: Light for a New Age, honorable mention as one of the best children's science books in older age group in 1988. His technician-training and self-study book Understanding Fiber Optics is now in its fifth edition, with more than 100,000 copies in print.

After years of writing about new science and technology, he turned to the history of fiber optics, writing City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics, as part of the Sloan Technology Series. More recently, he wrote BEAM: The Race to Make The Laser, describing the work that led to the world's first laser in 1960.

He continues to write extensively for magazines, covering topics from lasers to dinosaurs for New Scientist magazine, and continuing developments in lasers and photonics for Laser Focus World

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