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As their story unfolds, the scientists involved and their works are put into illuminating broader socio-political contexts. The book tells the story of liquid crystals, but it also shows that scientific discovery and exploitation relies on human interactions, and the social and political environments in which they work.. New applications of liquid crystals in materials, bio-systems, medicine and technology are also explained.The authors' approach to the subject defines a new genre of popular science books. The terms 'liquid crystal' or 'liquid crystal display' (LCD) are well-known in the context of flat-screen televisions, but the properties and history of liquid crystals are little understood. 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. The historical background to the scientific discoveries is given in detail, and the personal communications between the scientists involved are explored. In recent years, liquid crystals have had a major impact on the display industry, culminating in the now widely available flat-screen televisions; this development is described in detail over three chapters, and the basic science behind it is explained in simple terms accessible to a general reader

Jones, Contemporary Physics 'This is a truly stimulating look at the history and science of a little-understood phase of matter and a material that affects our lives every day a truly useful addition to the pedagogical literature on liquid crystals.' Peter Collings, Physics Today 'It provides a perceptive insight into the evolution of the important area of soft matter and the development from this of an impressive display technology.' Geoffrey Luckhurst, Chemistry World . Altogether, a detailed, informative, and enthralling account of a crucial part of techonlogical and scientific history." -- Peter Atkins, Oxford University "Dunmur and Sluckin tell an absorbing and colourful story of an area of science that is both rich at the fundamental level and that has brought some of the major new technologies of our age. Grosberg, New York University "Visual communication became transportable through the discovery of that strange state of matter, the liquid crystal.

After several postdoctoral appointments in the USA and in the UK, he was appointed a lecturer in applied mathematics at the University of Southampton (UK) in 1981. In 1999 he received the George Gray Medal from the British Liquid Crystal Society. Another of his interests is mathematical population biology, including, in particular, problems to do with human prehistory. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California in 1980. More recently he has also published significantly in the history of science.

. His main research interests have been in mathematical and physical aspects of liquid crystals, but he also has interests in other fluid phenomena. Since 1995 he has been Professor of Applied Mathematical Physics at the University of Southampton. From 1996 to his retirement in 2005, he was a research Professor in chemical physics (liquid crystals) in the School of Che

• Title : Soap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs: A History of Liquid Crystals
• Author : David Dunmur
• Rating : 4.66 (413 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-7-26
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 368 Pages
• Asin : 0199549400
• Language : English