Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments formatIsbn:Softcover 9781402001703 The book has had a van Oystaeyen The book has had a long gestation period because we first decided to write it in March 1994 Proceedings of a Seminar in the CEC Programme of the Coordination of Research on Plant Protein Improvement This book is the first attempt to present together complementary approaches to the investigations of topological defects in liquid crystals using theory Liquid crystals are fascinating materials which present a great variety of these mathematical objects and can therefore be considered as an extremely useful laboratory for topological defects