Presenter Full Name
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Professor Emeritus Tony Siegman
Institution
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Stanford University
Year & Semester
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2004 Fall
Presentation Date
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November 15, 2004
Professor Emeritus Tony Siegman of Stanford University will describe how the striking phrase in the title—the opening words of a 1931 Christmas Lecture on astronomy by Sir William Bragg for the Royal Institution of London—might be extended today to include recent advances in science and technology made possible by lasers and fiber optics.