Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs : a history of liquid crystals / David Dunmur, Tim Sluckin.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xxv, 353 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198700838Other title: History of liquid crystals | Soap, science, & flat-screen TVs [Spine title]Subject(s): Liquid crystals | Liquid crystal devicesDDC classification: 530.429 LOC classification: QC173.4.L55 | .D86 2014Summary: Liquid crystals had a controversial discovery at the end of the 19th century but were later accepted as a 'fourth state' of matter, and finally used throughout the world in modern displays and new materials. This book explains the fascinating science in accessible terms, and puts it into social, political, and historical perspectives.
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Originally published: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-329) and index.
Liquid crystals had a controversial discovery at the end of the 19th century but were later accepted as a 'fourth state' of matter, and finally used throughout the world in modern displays and new materials. This book explains the fascinating science in accessible terms, and puts it into social, political, and historical perspectives.
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