02991nam 2200589 450 991081834230332120230725054718.00-19-100430-8(CKB)3710000000104818(EBL)3056193(OCoLC)923866323(SSID)ssj0001196212(PQKBManifestationID)12523804(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001196212(PQKBWorkID)11165263(PQKB)10118320(MiAaPQ)EBC3056193(Au-PeEL)EBL3056193(CaPaEBR)ebr10864853(CaONFJC)MIL600231(EXLCZ)99371000000010481820140511h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSoap, science, and flat-screen TVs a history of liquid crystals /David Dunmur, Tim SluckinNew York :Oxford University Press,2011.©20111 online resource (367 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-870083-0 0-19-954940-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Science and history: the two cultures â€? A note to readers""; ""1 Itâ€?s all Greek to me: an introduction""; ""2 Crystals that flow: fact or fiction""; ""3 Liquid crystals, where do they come from?""; ""4 La Gloire FranÃaise""; ""5 The meeting that wasnâ€?t and the meeting that was""; ""6 The threads of life""; ""7 The winds of war""; ""8 Renaissance""; ""9 An unlikely story""; ""10 The light dawns in the West""; ""11 The sun rises in the East""; ""12 The new world of liquid crystal materials""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""L""""M""""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""X""; ""Timeline of events in the history of liquid crystals""; ""Chapter notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Acknowledgements for figures and photographs""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""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.Liquid crystalsLiquid crystals.530.42935.51bcl35.53bclDunmur David(David A.),867549Sluckin Timothy J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818342303321Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs3938821UNINA