Soap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs: A History of Liquid Crystals

by Tim Sluckin and David A. Dunmur

The terms 'liquid crystal' or 'liquid crystal display, LCD, are recognized in the context of flat-screen televisions, but the properties and history of liquid crystals are little known. This book tells the story of liquid crystals, from their controversial discovery at the end of the
nineteenth century, to their eventual acceptance as another state of matter to rank alongside gases, liquids, and solids. As their story unfolds, the scientists involved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199549400
• ISBN13: 9780199549405
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"