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020			_a9780191004308 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_z9780199549405
035			_a(MiAaPQ)EBC3056193
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035			_a(CaONFJC)MIL600231
035			_a(OCoLC)923866323
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050		4	_aQC173.4.L55.D86 201
082	0		_a530.429
100	1		_aDunmur, David.
245	1	0	_aSoap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs : _bA History of Liquid Crystals.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated, _c2010.
264		4	_c©2011.
300			_a1 online resource (367 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- 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 Française -- 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 -- 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.
520			_aLiquid crystals had a controversial discovery at the end of the nineteenth 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aLiquid crystals.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aSluckin, Tim.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aDunmur, David _tSoap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs _dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2010 _z9780199549405
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3056193 _zClick to View
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