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Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs : a history of liquid crystals /
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 s...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2011]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- Science and history: the two cultures � A note to readers
- 1 It�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 wasn�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
- MN
- 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