Robert H. Chen

I have more than 25 years experience in the computer, semiconductor, and liquid crystal display industries as an executive at worldwide top three companies. My 1997 book "Made in Taiwan, the Story of Acer Computers" was about the personal computer industry, which led naturally to liquid crystal displays as the principal cost factor in notebook computers. I felt that the essence of the LCD, light polarization, needed to be explained with a more fundamental physics background that would lead to more interesting aspects of mathematical physics. The books that I read about LCDs were either too simple or too advanced, so I felt that someone should write not only about the technology of the LCD, but also describe the mathematics and physics behind this wonderful invention. And in doing so, I tried to describe the history of its development in order to show how the physics and math came to be used to to design and engineer the LCD. This then led naturally to a description of the global LCD business.It is my belief that any educated person can understand the math and physics in this book, and enjoy the story of the development of the LCD and appreciate the global industry that manufactures and sells all the monitors, TVs, smart phones, tablets, etc. that all use it. I hope that some non-technical readers will also try reading this book; I believe that they will be rewarded.NEW BOOK: EINSTEIN'S RELATIVITYI have written a new book, "Einstein's Relativity, the Special & General Theories, with the same idea as the LCD book; that is, physics and mathematics can be taught in a textbook in a much more dynamic manner, meaning providing the history and development of ideas and explanations of the equations. All the background needed for understanding this book is general physics and elementary calculus; the more advanced physics and mathematics are introduced in the book in the course of the development of Einstein's ideas. I have tried very hard to make the text readable and interesting, adding historical background and notes where appropriate. This is in contrast to many formal textbooks that are so poorly organized and stultifyingly written that a reader is not attracted to the subject at all (reading it only to take an exam), and in Einstein's Relativity, this is a crime, for the subject should be the most interesting subject in all of science!If readers have any comments, kindly write a review. I can be reached by email at [email protected] (careful with the spelling).