{"product_id":"liquid-crystals-esther-leslie-9781780236452","title":"Liquid Crystals: The Science and Art of a Fluid Form","description":"While it is responsible for today's abundance of flat screens--on televisions, computers, and mobile devices--most of us have only heard of it in the ubiquitous acronym, LCD, with little thought as to exactly what it is: liquid crystal. In this book, Esther Leslie enlightens us, offering an accessible and fascinating look at--not a substance, not a technology--but a wholly different phase of matter. \u003cbr\u003e As she explains, liquid crystal is a curious material phase that organizes a substance's molecules in a crystalline form yet allows them to move fluidly like water. Observed since the nineteenth century, this phase has been a deep curiosity to science and, in more recent times, the key to a new era of media technology. In between that time, as Leslie shows, it has figured in cultural forms from Romantic landscape painting to snow globes, from mountaineering to eco-disasters, and from touchscreen devices to DNA. Expertly written but accessible, \u003ci\u003eLiquid Crystals\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the unheralded but hugely significant emergence of this unique form of matter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Leslie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178023645X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780236452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Esther Leslie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078624473343,"sku":"9781780236452","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_052c5c24-6c91-47a1-9641-ff176855390d.jpg?v=1685476568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/liquid-crystals-esther-leslie-9781780236452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}