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

• Autore: Dunmur David (David A.)
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.429
• Soggetto topico: Liquid crystals
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SluckinTimothy J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs
• ISBN: 0-19-100430-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465004203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II