Abstract
THE subject of X-ray crystallography has long outgrown the stage when it could be treated adequated in a single book. Since the early works of the Braggs and of Wyckoff, a large number of more specialized monographs have appeared which discuss in detail various aspects of the subject, such as the geometrical interpretation of X-ray photographs, optical principles, etc. In spite of this development, the need for a single text which covers the whole subject in broad outline still remains. It has, in fact, become more important, in view of the large and ever-increasing circle of workers who use the method in numerous branches of science and technology. For them it is essential that some general treatment of the subject in all its aspects should be available, so that they may grasp its significance and potentialities before applying it to their special problems.
Crystals and X-Ray
By Dr. K. Lonanale. Pp. viii + 199 + 13 plates. G. Boh and Sons, Ltd., 1948.) 21s. net.
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ROBERTSON, J. Crystals and X-Ray. Nature 164, 252 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164252a0
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