Fisch, Michael R. <br/><br/>
Liquid crystals, laptops and life / 
Michael R. Fisch. 
 - River Edge, NJ :  World Scientific,  c2004. 
 - xvii, 355 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - World Scientific series in contemporary chemical physics ;  v. 23 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Scientific models --  Symmetry --  Forces and fields --  An introduction to light waves --  Atoms and molecules --  Molecules and matter --  Historical interlude : a brief history of polymers, liquid crystals, and semiconductors --  Polymers --  Liquid crystals --  Semiconductors --  The molecules of life --  Digital devices and microcomputer basics --  Liquid crystal displays --  Putting it all together : the laptop computer --  Liquid crystals in the visual arts --  Lyotropic liquid crystals and life.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9812389016 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007273659 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Liquid crystals.<br/>Laptop computers.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QD923  / .F55 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.4/29