Fundamentals of Crystallography

By Carmelo Giacovazzo, Michele Catti, Davide Viterbo, et al.

Book Overview

In recent years, crystallographic techniques have found application in a wide range of subjects, and these applications in turn have lead to exciting developments in the field of crystallography itself. This new textbook offers an introduction to these developments, and for the first time provides, in a single volume, a comprehensive and accessible overview of modern crystallography. The text offers a rigorous treatment of theory and describes experimental applications in many fields. These are covered in chapters on crystal structure and methods of its determination, symmetry, crystallographic computing, X-ray diffraction, protein crystallography, and crystal physics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198555784
• ISBN13: 9780198555780
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 674 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

The best modern textbook for the advanced crystallographer

This is the ideal book to deepen the knowledge one has gained from a beginner's book like Werner Massa's "Crystal Structure Determination" or Jenny Glusker's "Crystal Structure Analysis -- A Primer". Most important aspects of crystallography are explained in an understandable fashion and every serious crystallographer should read this book. It should be pointed out that the second edition (2002) is significantly better then the first, which was already very good.

A must-have for crystallographers

This is the only advanced general survey of topics in xray crystallography. Chapters are written by different authors, and the book feels pasted together. It is now seriously out of date.