Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs
Subtitle: a history of liquid crystals
By: David Dunmur, Tim Sluckin
Contributors: Sluckin, Timothy J.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780199549405
Subjects: Vloeibare kristallen; Liquid crystals
Other titles: History of liquid crystals; Soap, science, & flat-screen TVs
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-321) and index.