Welcome to the Glass Age

Index Preface................................................................................................. 11 John M. Parker and Alicia Durán 1. Creating a United Nations International Year of Glass. ............ 13 John M. Parker, Alicia Durán and L. David Pye 2. Glass History and the Arrival of the Glass Age........................... 27 John C. Mauro and John M. Parker 3. Glasses for Healthcare.................................................................. 43 Julian R. Jones and Delia S. Brauer 4. Affordable and Clean Energy Provided by Glass........................ 57 Himanshu Jain and Peng Shou 5. Glass in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Photonics............................................................................... 75 Giancarlo C. Righini, Setsuhisa Tanabe and John Ballato 6. Reflections on Reflection: Glass in Architecture. ....................... 93 Sol Camacho