Principles of X-ray Crystallography

• The ideal primer for anyone new to the technique.
• Emphasis on active learning draws upon self-test tutorial-style exercises and hands-on activities, and the coupling of clear text and illustrations, to motivate and engage the reader.
• Avoids excessive mathematical detail, focusing instead on the key concepts to recognize the mathematical processing now performed by computer.
• Encompasses aspects of both small molecule and macromolecular crystallography, highlighting the similarities and differences between the two.
• Explores both the theoretical principles on which the technique is based, and the practice of gathering and analysing crystallographic data to give a balanced, well-rounded account of the field.
• The Online Resource Centre features additional resources for both lecturers and students, enhancing the educational value of the text.

Readership: Undergraduates on chemistry and related degree programmes. Also a valuable primer for postgraduates who are being exposed to the technique for the first time.

Li-ling Ooi, Formerly of Cardif University

"Principles of X-ray Crystallography would be an extremely useful text to use alongside an undergraduate course. It is reasonably priced, so would be an excellent primer to the subject for beginner postgraduate students too. The Higher Education Academy UK Physical Sciences Centre"

1: An Introduction to the Method
2: The Crystal Construct
3: Symmetry Elements
4: Space Groups
5: Systematic Absences in Crystal Data
6: Structure Solution
7: Refining Crystal Data
8: The Crystallographic Experiment
9: Publishing Crystal Data