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This book provides a clear introduction to topics which are essential to students in a wide range of scientific disciplines but which are otherwise only covered in specialised and mathematically detailed texts. It shows how crystal structures may be built up from simple ideas of atomic packing and co-ordination, it develops the concepts of crystal symmetry, point and space groups by way of two dimensional examples of patterns and tilings, it explains the concept of the reciprocal lattice in simple terms and shows its importance in an understanding of light, X-ray and electron diffraction. Practical examples of the applications of these techniques are described and also the importance of diffraction in the performance of optical instruments. The book is also of value to the general reader since it shows, by biographical and historical references, how the subject has developed and thereby indicates some of the excitement of scientific discovery.
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I N T E R N A T I O N A L U N I O N O F C RY S TA L L O G R A P H Y T E X T S O N C RY S TA L L O G R A P H Y
IUCr BOOK SERIES COMMITTEE J. Bernstein, Israel G. R. Desiraju, India J. R. Helliwell, UK T. Mak, China P. Müller, USA P. Paufler, Germany H. Schenk, The Netherlands P. Spadon, Italy D. Viterbo (Chairman), Italy IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 1 Accurate molecular structures A. Domenicano, I. Hargittai, editors 2 P.P. Ewald and his dynamical theory of X-ray diffraction D.W.J. Cruickshank, H.J. Juretschke, N. Kato, editors 3 Electron diffraction techniques, Vol. 1 J.M. Cowley, editor 4 Electron diffraction techniques, Vol. 2 J.M. Cowley, editor 5 The Rietveld method R.A. Young, editor 6 Introduction to crystallographic statistics U. Shmueli, G.H. Weiss 7 Crystallographic instrumentation L.A. Aslanov, G.V. Fetisov, J.A.K. Howard 8 Direct phasing in crystallography C. Giacovazzo 9 The weak hydrogen bond G.R. Desiraju, T. Steiner 10 Defect and microstructure analysis by diffraction R.L. Snyder, J. Fiala and H.J. Bunge 11 Dynamical theory of X-ray diffraction A. Authier 12 The chemical bond in inorganic chemistry I.D. Brown 13 Structure determination from powder diffraction data W.I.F. David, K. Shankland, L.B. McCusker, Ch. Baerlocher, editors 14 Polymorphism in molecular crystals J. Bernstein
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