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Prof Cyril Hilsum, physicist behind the liquid crystals that led to flat-screen TVs and smartphones

He played chess with Alan Turing: ‘I don’t think his mind could have been completely on chess at the time because I was able to beat him’
Professor Cyril Hilsum, who has died aged 101, was an eminent physicist and materials scientist whose inventions paved the way for the flat-screen televisions and smartphones we use today.
While working at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at... [6773 chars]
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