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  • Conspiracy!

    by David L. Clements, James L. Cambias, Paul Di Filippo, Rev DiCerto, Debra Doyle, Jeff Hecht, Shariann Lewitt, James D. Macdonald, Steven Popkes, Cat Rambo, Mike Resnick, H. Paul Shuch, Sarah Smith, Allen E. Steele ...
    We're part of the cover-up!Did you know that there is a secret government agency dedicated to creating conspiracy theories? It's true! It's on Facebook!But it's not in this book. Our conspiracy theories are all fiction. At least, that's what we want you to think! Certainly, we did invite fiction writers to weigh in on conspiracy theories. The result includes (of course) the Masons and dragons ... Read more

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  • Beam Weapons: Roots of Reagan's Star Wars

    by Jeff Hecht ...
    Beam Weapons describes the roots of Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars' quest for a strategic defense system to intercept and destroy nuclear ballistic missiles before they could reach their targets. The goal was to develop radically new beam weapons that destroyed nuclear missiles with directed energy — laser beams or charged particles.The daring program was born at a time of intense technological ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Instructor's Guide to Accompany Understanding Fiber Optics Fifth Edition

    by Jeff Hecht ...
    This instructor's guide is written to accompany to the fifth edition of Understanding Fiber Optics by Jeff Hecht, originally published by Pearson/Prentice-Hall in 2006 and later republished by Laser Light Press. It is being published now to help readers using the book in self-study of fiber optics, because nothing like it has been published since then. It includes answers to quiz questions and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Adventures in Self-Republishing

    by Jeff Hecht ...
    Adventures in Self-Republishing is a guide for authors who want to revive out of print books by republishing them in print or electronically. It focuses on authors with only printed copies, which must be scanned and run through OCR before starting self-republication. It describes options that depend on the format of the book, including whether or not it includes illustrations, how elaborate the ... Read more

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  • After the Gold Rush

    Third Flatiron Anthologies, #31

    by Third Flatiron Publishing, Juliana Rew, James Tager, David Cleden, Robert Bagnall, Andrew Wright, Tim Borella, Wulf Moon, David Hankins, Julie Biegner, Erin Cullen, Shannon Fox, Edward Barnfield, Lauren C. Teffeau, Liam Hogan, Eve Morton, Yelena Crane, Brandon Case, Angelique Fawns, Elizabeth Davis, Cray Dimensional, Daniel M. Cojocaru, Tom Easton, Jeff Hecht ...
    Series Book 31 - Third Flatiron Anthologies
    Do rising tides always lift all boats?Third Flatiron's all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor short story anthology has the theme, "After the Gold Rush." Twenty-two authors explore themes related to complications of booms and bubbles, including effects of accelerated culture; ecological consequences caused by human over-expansion, such as climate disasters; and economics (for example, ... Read more

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  • Beam

    The Race to Make the Laser

    by Jeff Hecht ...
    Beam is the story of the race to make the laser, the three intense years from the birth of the laser idea to its breakthrough demonstration in a California laboratory. The quest was a struggle against physics, established wisdom, and the establishment itself. In 1954, Charles Townes invented the laser's microwave cousin, the maser. The next logical step was to extend the same physical principles ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Understanding Lasers

    An Entry-Level Guide

    by Jeff Hecht ...
    The expanded fourth edition of the book that offers an essential introduction to laser technology and the newest developments in the fieldThe revised and updated fourth edition of Understanding Lasers offers an essential guide and introduction that explores how lasers work, what they do, and how they are applied in the real world. The author—a Fellow of The Optical Society—reviews the key concepts ... Read more

    $90.00 USD

  • Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon

    by Jeff Hecht ...
    The whole story of laser weapons with a focus on its many interesting characters and sometimes bizarre schemes The laser--a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century--quickly captured the imagination of the Pentagon as the key to the ultimate weapon. Veteran science writer Jeff Hecht tells the inside story of the adventures and misadventures of scientists and military strategists as they ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • City of Light

    The Story of Fiber Optics

    by Jeff Hecht ...
    Series series Sloan Technology
    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 book is a lively account of both the people and the ideas behind this revolutionary technology. The basic concept underlying fiber optics was ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Introduction to Laser Technology

    by C. Breck Hitz, Jeff Hecht, James J. Ewing ...
    The only introductory text on the market today that explains the underlying physics and engineering applicable to all lasersAlthough lasers are becoming increasingly important in our high-tech environment, many of the technicians and engineers who install, operate, and maintain them have had little, if any, formal training in the field of electro-optics. This can result in less efficient usage of ... Read more

    $118.00 USD

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    Stories

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    A collection of nineteen short stories from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon's Daughter and Stations of the TideWritten over the course of a decade, Tales from Old Earth contains nineteen masterful pieces of short fiction—including the Hugo Award–winning stories "The Very Pulse of the Machine" and "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur;" the World Fantasy Award–winning novella "Radio ... Read more

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  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection

    by Gardner Dozois ...
    Series Book 35 - Year's Best Science Fiction
    The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories.In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science ... Read more

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