Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs :
Dunmur, David
Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs : a history of liquid crystals / History of liquid crystals Soap, science, & flat-screen TVs David Dunmur, Tim Sluckin. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. - xix, 345 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-321) 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.
9780199549405
2012397272
GBB083372 bnb
Liquid crystals.
Vloeibare kristallen
QC173.4.L55 / D86 2011
530.429
Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs : a history of liquid crystals / History of liquid crystals Soap, science, & flat-screen TVs David Dunmur, Tim Sluckin. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. - xix, 345 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-321) 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.
9780199549405
2012397272
GBB083372 bnb
Liquid crystals.
Vloeibare kristallen
QC173.4.L55 / D86 2011
530.429