Welcome to the Glass Age

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Preface 12
1. Creating a United Nations International Year of Glass 14
2. Glass History and the Arrival of the Glass Age 28
3. Glasses for Healthcare 44
4. Affordable and Clean Energy Provided by Glass 58
5. Glass in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Photonics* 76
6. Reflections on Reflection: Glass in Architecture 94
7. Sustainable Glass Production with Carbon Reduction 110
8. Sustainable Glass in a Circular Economy 126
9. Social, Cultural and Environmental Sustainability within the International Art Glass Movement 140
10. Museums and Society 154
11. Education! Education! Education! 170
12. Gender Equality and Diversity in the Glass World 182
13. Glass beyond Glass 196
About the authors 204

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