Crystals and Crystal Structures - Softcover

Tilley, Richard J. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470018216 ISBN 13: 9780470018217

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Synopsis

Crystals and Crystal Structures is an introductory text for students and others who need to understand the subject without necessarily becoming crystallographers. Using the book will enable students to read scientific papers and articles describing a crystal structure or use crystallographic databases with confidence and understanding.

Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the subject the book includes a variety of applications as diverse as the relationship between physical properties and symmetry, and molecular and protein crystallography. As well as covering the basics the book contains an introduction to areas of crystallography, such as modulated structures and quasicrystals, and protein crystallography, which are the subject of important and active research.    

• A non-mathematical introduction to the key elements of the subject
• Contains numerous applications across a variety of disciplines
• Includes a range of problems and exercises
• Clear, direct writing style

"…the book contains a wealth of information and it fulfils its purpose of providing an interesting and broad introduction to the terpenes." CHEMISTRY WORLD, February 2007

About this title

About the Author

Professor Richard Tilley. Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering, University of Cardiff, UK.

From the Back Cover

Crystallography plays an important part in a wide range of disciplines, including biology, chemistry, materials science and technology, mineralogy, physics, and engineering. Crystals and Crystal Structures is an introductory text for students and others who need to enable students to read scientific papers and articles describing a crystal structure or use enable stude3nts to read scientific papers and articles describing a crystal structure or use crystallographic databases with confidence and understanding.

Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, the book includes a variety of applications as diverse as the relationship between physical properties and symmetry, and molecular and protein crystallography. As well as covering the basics the book contains an introduction to areas of crystallography, such as modulated structures and quasicrystals, and protein crystallography, which are the subject of important and active research.

Features

• A non-mathematical introduction to the key elements o the subject
• Contains numerous applications across a variety of disciplines
• Includes a range of problems and exercises

Written by an author with many years teaching and research experience Crystals and Crystal Structures will prove invaluable to students taking an introductory course in crystallography in departments of chemistry, physics, materials science, biosciences and geology.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470018216
• ISBN 13: 9780470018217
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270