LEADER 02991nam 2200589 450 001 9910818342303321 005 20230725054718.0 010 $a0-19-100430-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000104818 035 $a(EBL)3056193 035 $a(OCoLC)923866323 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001196212 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12523804 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001196212 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11165263 035 $a(PQKB)10118320 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3056193 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3056193 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10864853 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL600231 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000104818 100 $a20140511h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoap, science, and flat-screen TVs $ea history of liquid crystals /$fDavid Dunmur, Tim Sluckin 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (367 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-870083-0 311 $a0-19-954940-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Science and history: the two cultures a??? A note to readers""; ""1 Ita???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 FranA?aise""; ""5 The meeting that wasna???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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 8 $aLiquid 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. 606 $aLiquid crystals 615 0$aLiquid crystals. 676 $a530.429 686 $a35.51$2bcl 686 $a35.53$2bcl 700 $aDunmur$b David$g(David A.),$0867549 702 $aSluckin$b Timothy J. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818342303321 996 $aSoap, science, and flat-screen TVs$93938821 997 $aUNINA