Andre Authier (Professor Emeritus at the Universite Pierre et Mar

Early Days of X-Ray Crystallography

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Produktbeschreibung

The modern applications of X-ray crystallography range from drug design to characterization of high technology materials. This book tells the story of its pioneers and relates how the first crystal structures were determined.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1014g
• ISBN-13: 9780199659845
• ISBN-10: 0199659842
• Artikelnr.: 37598695

Autorenporträt

Authier André, Former student of Ecole Normale Supérieure, Visiting Fellow, M.I.T. USA 1955-1956 D.Sc. Paris University 1961 Associate Professor, Paris University (1965-1968) Full Professor, Paris University (1968-1997) Member of the German Academy of Sciences (Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina) Former president of the French Crystallographic and Mineralogical Societies Former President of the International Union of Crystallography (1990-1993) Officer of the Légion d'Honneur

Inhaltsangabe

1: Significance of the discovery of X-ray diffraction
2: The various approaches to the concept of space lattice
3: The dual nature of light
4: Röntgen and the discovery of X-rays
5: The nature of X-rays: waves or corpuscles?
6: The discovery of X-ray diffraction and the birth of X-ray analysis
7: The first steps
8: The route to crystal structure determination
9: X-rays as a branch of optics
10: Early applications of X-ray crystallography
11: Unravelling the mystery of crystals - the forerunners
12: The birth and rise of the space-lattice concept