J. Lima-de-Faria (ed.)

Historical Atlas of Crystallography

Herausgegeben:Lima-de-Faria, J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A little gem of a book not a conventional history but rather a collection of data graphically displayed in the form of time-maps. Brief essays trace the histories of the four branches of crystallography and other crystallographic subjects. The bibliography is detailed, and a beautiful section displa

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-7923-0649-8
• 1990.
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 215mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 687g
• ISBN-13: 9780792306498
• ISBN-10: 079230649X
• Artikelnr.: 23168745

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
1. Time-Maps as a Cultural Tool, J. Lima-de-Faria
2. Time Maps of Crystallography, J. Lima-de-Faria
3. Brief History of Geometrical Crystallography, Marjorie Senechal
4. Brief History of Physical Crystallography, W.A. Wooster
5. Brief History of Chemical Crystallography. I: Inorganic Compounds, P.B.
Moore
6. Brief History of Chemical Crystallography. II: Organic Compounds, Jenny
P. Glusker
7. Brief History of Crystal Structure Determination, M.J. Buerger
8. Title pages of Important Works on Crystallography, J. Lima-de-Faria
9. The Domain of Crystallography, Helen D. Megaw
10. Bibliography on the history of Crystallography, J. Lima-de-Faria
Copyright details:
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, PO Box 17, 3300AA Dordrecht,
Holland.
All rights reserved Copyright © International Union of Crystallography.

Rezensionen

'The book is extremely well documented with over 500 references to...the book is a valuable and fascinating collection of historical material dealing with fundamental scientific discovery and should be made available to all students of the history of science.' Review from Ambix 39:3 1992

'The book is extremely well documented with over 500 references to...the book is a valuable and fascinating collection of historical material dealing with fundamental scientific discovery and should be made available to all students of the history of science.' Review from Ambix 39:3 1992