"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History -- 2. Mesophases of matter -- 2.1. Solid versus liquid -- 2.2. One-dimensional ordering (the smectic phase) -- 2.3. Positional or orientational order in anisotropic molecules3. Classifications of liquid crystals -- 3.1. Anisotrop…