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Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs : a history of liquid crystals / David Dunmur, Tim Sluckin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: xix, 345 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199549405
Other title:
  • History of liquid crystals
  • Soap, science, & flat-screen TVs [Spine title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.429 22
LOC classification:
  • QC173.4.L55 D86 2011
Other classification:
  • 35.51
  • 35.53
Online resources: Summary: 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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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.

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