This document discusses holography and its history. It was invented in 1947 by Dennis Gabor, who received the Nobel Prize in 1971. Holography allows light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed as a three-dimensional image without the need for glasses or a projection screen. The document outlines the timeline of holography developments and describes how holograms work through the recording and reconstruction of light fields. Potential applications of holography mentioned include gaming, space, the military, virtual reality, marketing, entertainment displays, and future scopes.