Science of Crystals

Name: Science of Crystals
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ISBN: 9780070044494

ISBN-10: 007004449X

ISBN-13: 9780070044494

Edition: N/A

Authors: Francoise Balibar, Nicholas Hartmann

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Introduction	p. 7
Physics meets the crystal	p. 25
The sorrows of crystallography	p. 25
X-rays: shadow of a breakthrough	p. 33
The age of upheaval: neutrons and synchrotron radiation	p. 40
The new crystal	p. 48
Crystals in physics	p. 57
The value of defects: superconductors and "designer drugs"	p. 57
Symmetries and dissymmetries	p. 67
Crystallography discovers group theory	p. 76
From mineralogy to astrophysics	p. 86
From little physics to Big Physics - the social destiny of research	p. 89
Crystals in Big Science	p. 89
The language of physics	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 99
Bibliography	p. 103
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