New Scientist is a weekly magazine published in London. I cover news stories around the world, not just Boston, in fields including paleontology, astronomy, geology, technology, physics, and the environment. The magazine covers the whole range of science and technology around the planet, and their implications for our lives. If you're browsing the Web and want to sample New Scientist, check out its site at http://www.newscientist.com (You'll find news, reviews, and more information about the magazine)

Laser Focus World is a monthly trade magazine serving the laser industry. I was managing editor of the magazine from 1974-1981, and am currently a contributing editor and the institutional memory. During 1999 and 2000, I wrote a series of "Back to Basics" articles on fiber optics; in 2001 I am writing a series of status reports on optical networking technology. Laser Focus World is part of the Advanced Technology group of Pennwell Publishing. For more information on the magazine, and on other publications including free electronic newsletters on the laser industry and medical lasers, try its web site at Laser Focus World

Other Magazines

• "Breaking the metro bottleneck," Technology Review June 2001, also on the web at http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/jun01/hecht.asp
• "Building a fiber-optic communication industry," Optics & Photonics News, March 2001
• "The clearest glass in the world," Optics & Photonics News October 2000
• "Information pipe lines," (optical networks) Upside September 2000, also on the web at http://www.upsidetoday.com/Ebiz/399ad9480.html
• "Fiber to the home" Technology Review, March/April 2000, also on the web at http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/mar00/hecht.asp
• "How We Became Wired with Glass," American Heritage of Invention & Technology, Winter 2000. A short history of fiber optics, based on City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics.
• "The Lost Generation of Fiber Optics," Optics & Photonics News November 1999, looks at the independent inventions of fiber optics from a more optics-oriented view than the Analog article below.
• "Illuminating the Origins of Light Guiding," Optics & Photonics News October 1999
• "Wavelength-Division Multiplexing," Technology Review, Mar/April 1999, also on the web at http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/mar99/hecht.asp
• "The Lost Years of Fiber Optics," speculates what might have happened if fiber optics had taken off the first time it was invented. Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1999
• "The Amazing Optical Adventures of Todd-AO" in the October 1996 issue of Optics and Photonics News tells the fascinating saga of how optical engineers worked with promoter Mike Todd to make wide screen movies.

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