Book Review of Chemistry of Discotic Liquid Crystals: From Monomers to Polymers Chemistry of Discotic Liquid Crystals: From Monomers to Polymers . By SandeepKumar (Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India). CRC Press (an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group): Boca Raton, FL . 2011 . xvi + 502 pp. $189.95. ISBN 978-1-4398-1143-6 .