1 option
The man who bent light : a memoir / Narinder Singh Kapany, father of fibre optics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kapany, N. S., author.
- Series:
- Lotus collection (Series)
- Lotus collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kapany, N. S.
- Kapany, N. S--Childhood and youth.
- Kapany, N. S--Family.
- Physicists--India--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Businessmen.
- India.
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Businessmen--India--Biography.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Families.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 277 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi [India] : Roli Books, 2021.
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788195256600
- 8195256600
- OCLC:
- 1277284210
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.