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Author Kapany, N. S., author.
Title The man who bent light : a memoir / Narinder Singh Kapany, father of fibre optics.
Published New Delhi [India] : Roli Books, 2021.
Copyright ©2021
Description 277 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.

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Series Lotus collection (Series)
Contents I Boyhood -- Property p. 4 -- Sodhi-Wala p. 7 -- The Ring p. 9 -- The Power of Belief p. 13 -- 'Here, Bino, Take My Hand...' p. 15 -- Stolen Fruit p. 18 -- Naughty p. 22 -- Almost-True Stories p. 25 -- Chain Reaction p. 30 -- Father's Radio p. 32 -- The Drunken Elephant p. 34 -- Deadheading p. 37 -- Partition p. 39 -- II Learning -- Obsessed p. 52 -- More Mentors p. 55 -- Satinder p. 58 -- My Wee Scottish Sojourn p. 61 -- Rainy Day Woman p. 65 -- Re-obsessed p. 67 -- London Snapshots p. 76 -- Piled Higher and Deeper p. 80 -- The 80-Pound Car p. 82 -- The Plan and the Man at the Back of the Room (1) p. 86 -- Campari p. 88 -- III Coming to America! -- Gestation p. 96 -- It was a Very Good Year p. 102 -- The Plan and the Man at the Back of the Room (2) p. 104 -- The Right Thing p. 113 -- IV In Business -- The Bet p. 122 -- Optics Technology p. 127 -- Searching for Something New/Veni, Vidi, da Vinci p. 134 -- Delhi Again? p. 140 -- 'If There's a Fork in the Road, Take It' p. 144 -- The Little Company that Could... and Did p. 146 -- V Teaching -- 'Anything you Want' p. 154 -- Making it Happen/Seeds p. 157 -- VI Farming -- A Sikh, a Farmer p. 172 -- Wine and Oil p. 178 -- VII Being Sikh -- Sikhism: Equality and Charity p. 186 -- The Art of Giving p. 191 -- Sikhism: A Spiritual God and an Equal Opportunity p. 194 -- VIII Collecting and Sharing Sikh Arts -- The Gift of Art p. 198 -- The Koh-i-noor p. 201 -- The Sikh Foundation: Inspire, Educate, Enrich p. 207 -- IX Rule, Britannia! -- A Home with a View p. 216 -- 'I Cooked for You!' p. 220 -- X Belonging -- Belonging p. 226 -- XI Massacre -- Massacre p. 236 -- XII Family Matters -- Once-in-a-Lifetime p. 244 -- Kids p. 248 -- Family Ties p. 254 -- Oh, Satinder... p. 269 -- Eulogy p. 272.
Subjects Kapany, N. S.
Kapany, N. S. -- Childhood and youth.
Kapany, N. S. -- Family.
Physicists -- India -- Biography.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Businessmen -- India -- Biography.
Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
Subject Keywords Physiciens -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires -- Inde -- Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Businessmen.
Families.
Physicists.
India.
United States.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
ISBN 9788195256600 (hardback)
8195256600
OCLC/Bib Util # 1277284210



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