Books Reviewed or listed in ' Crystallography News'

• chronologically by date of publication of the review, latest in December 2006
• alphabetically by family name of first author
• alphabetically by first word of the title

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A few articles published since 2005 are also available.

Another file has a list of books mentioned in 'Crystallography News' and a Book List containing books for crystallographers of all kinds from beginners to specialists, with a section on techniques and biographies, including crystallographers in fiction.
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Books Reviewed in chronological order

• Sep 95 Physical and Non-physical Methods of Solving Crystal Structures M.M.Woolfson and Fan-Hei Fu CUP 1995
• Sep 95 Symmetry: a unifying concept. I and M Hargittai Shelter publications 1995
• Jun 96 Mathematical Techniques in Crystallography and Materials Science
• Jun 96 POSTGRADUATE STUDY IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: A Researcher's Companion
• Jun96 X-ray Crystallography, Part II - Cassette Tape and Booklet.
• Dec 96 Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications
• Mar 97 Introduction to X-ray Powder Diffractometry
• Mar 97 Powder Diffraction Langford & Lou�r in Reports on the Progress in Physics Vol 59 No 2 Feb 1996 p 131 - 234
• Jun 97 Introduction to X-ray Crystallography
• Sep 97 Polyhedra
• Dec 97 The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction
• Dec 97 Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90: The Art of Parallel Scientific Computing
• Mar 98 High-pressure Techniques in Chemistry and Physics, A Practical Approach. OUP
• Jun 98
  
  • Introduction to Physical Chemistry
  • A practical Guide for the preparation of Specimens
• Dec 1998
  
  • Crystal Structure Determination
  • Dorothy Hodgkin: a life
  • The Mathematics of Structures
• Jun 99 Crystallography Across the Sciences editor Henk Schenk a re-issue of Section 1 Act Cryst (A) Nov 98 a commemmorative volume celebrating 50 years of the IUCr
• Sep 1999
  
  1. Direct Phasing in Crystallography: Fundamentals and Applications
  2. Group theoretical methods and Applications
  3. I wish I'd made you angry earlier
• Dec 1999
  
  1. The Physics of Ice
  2. The Diamond Makers
• Mar 2000
  
  1. Industrial Applications of X-Ray Diffraction
  2. The weak Hydrogen Bond in Structural Chemistry and Biology
  3. Principles of Optics
• Jun 2000
  
  1. High Resolution X-ray Diffractometry and Topography
  2. Dignifying Science
• Sep 2000 J.D.Bernal: a life in science and politics,
  another review from Alan Mackay added December 2000
• Dec 2000
  1. Synchronton Radiation: Production and properties.P.J.Duke
  2. The Pursuit of Perfect Packing Aste and Weire
• Mar 2001
  
  1. Geometric symmetry in patterns and tilings C.E.Horne
  2. Nanotechnology: mechanical and Electronic Systems on a Molecular Scale IoP
• Jun 2001
          Diffuse Neutron Scattering from Crystalline materials Neild and Keen
• Sep 2001
  1. The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction 2nd Edition Hammond
  2. Nobel Prize Women in Science. Their lives, struggles and momentous discoveries. McGrayne
• Sep 2002
  1. Crystal Structure Determination, Massa 1st English Edition
  2. Symmetry 2000, Hargittai and Laurent
  3. The road to Stockholm, Hargittai
  4. The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry: the Bond valence Model, I.D.Brown
  5. Nucleic Acid Structure and Recognition. From the double helix to the ribosome. S.Neidle
  6. Outline of Crystallography for Biologists D.Blow
• Dec 2002
  1. Dynamical Theory of X-ray Diffraction by Authier reviewer Paul Fewster
  2. Polymorphism in Molecular Crystals by Bernstein reviewer Bob Gould
  3. Crystal Structure Analysis - principles and practice by Clegg, et al. reviewer Andrew Bond
  4. Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction Data by David et al. reviewer Lachlan Cranswick
  5. Electron Microscopy & Analysis 2001, by Adnov et al. reviewer Chris Gilmore
  6. Valence Bond methods - Theory and Applications by Gallup reviewer Carole Morrison
• March 2003
  1. Fundamentals of Crystallography C. Giacovazzo et al., 2nd edition
     (Graduate student text) reviewed by Sandy Blake and Claire Wilson
  2. Super Materials W.Madgwick
     (primary school activities age 5-7) reviewed by Kate Crennell
  3. Elements of Synchrotron Light for Biology, Chemistry and medical Research G. Margaritondo.
     (New graduate student text) reviewed by Bill Clegg
  4. Three new IUCr Teaching Pamphlets various authors
     (educational level varies, one for school teachers, others graduate student text) reviewed by Marjorie Harding
  5. Cohesion, a Scientific History of Intermolecular Forces J.S.Rowlinson
     (historical review of cohesion, some sociology and biographical notes) reviewed by Wilson C.K.Poon
  6. Single Crystal Neutron Diffraction from Molecular Material C.C.Wilson
     (Overview for chemists and chemical crystallographers) reviewed by Lee Bremmer
• June 2003
  1. Crystal Growth Technology editors K. Byrappa and T. Ohachi (Editors)
     (Industrially Important crystal growth) reviewed by Peter Dryburgh
  2. Intimate Triangle: Architecture of Crystals, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Froebel Kindergarten by J.S.Rubin
     (educating the young crystallographer) reviewed by Moreton Moore
  3. International Tables for Crystallography, Volume E: Superperiodic GroupsKopsky and Litvin
     (5th volume of the 'new' International Tables) reviewed by Bob Gould
• Sept. 2003
  1. Crystallisation of Polymers (Second Edition) Vol. 1 Equilibrium Concepts by Leo Mandelkern (Industrial polymer crystallisation ) reviewed by Mary Vickers
• Dec 2003
  1. Perovskites Modern and Ancient by Roger H. Mitchell reviewed by Ian Swainson
  2. Fundamentals of Powder Diffraction and structural characterization of materials by Vitalij K. Pecharsky and Peter Y. Zavalij reviewed by John Evans
• Mar 2004
  1. Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules by John Brown (Oxford) and Alan Carrington (Southampton) reviewed by Bob Gould
• Jun 2004
  1. No Time to be brief - a Scientific Biography of Wolfgang Pauli by Charles P.Enz reviewed by Stephen Clarkson
  2. High Resolution Electron Microscopy by John C.H.Spence reviewed by John Fitz Gerald
  3. Crystal Structure Determination 2nd English Edition by Werner Massa reviewed by Andrew Bond
  4. A bravo to Bravais - The Bravais Lattices Song by Walter Fox Smith reviewed by Paderwski Dolding-Beadle
• Sep 2004
  1. International Tables for Crystallography. Volume D: Physical properties of crystals By Andr� Authier reviewed by Moreton Moore
• Dec 2004
  1. Light is a Messenger: The Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg by Graeme K. Hunter reviewed by John Helliwell
  2. Science through the Looking Glasss - What do Scientists really know? by E. Brian Davies reviewed by Bob Gould
  3. Structure and Dynamics: An atomic view of materials by Martin Dove reviewed by Pam Thomas
• Mar 2005
  1. The Science and Technology of Undulators and Wigglers by James A Clarke reviewed by C.C.Wilson and V.M.Nield
  2. X-Ray and Electron Diffraction studies in Materials Science by D.J.Dyson reviewed by Dave Taylor
  3. International Tables for Crystallography: Vol A1: Symmetry relations between space groups by Hans Wondratschek and Ulrich M�ller reviewed by Bob Gould
  4. Mathematical techniques in Crystallography and Materials science by Edward Prince reviewed by Simon Parsons
• Dec 2005
  1. IUCr Booklets no 21: Crystal Packing by Angelo Gavezzotti and Howard Flack reviewed by Bob Gould
  2. Structure Determination by X-Ray Crystallography, 4th Edition by Mark Ladd and Rex Palmer reviewed by Jeremy Karl Cockcroft
• Mar 2006
  1. Crystallography of the Polymethylene Chain: An Enquiry into the structure of Waxes by Douglas L. Dorset reviewed by Andrew Bond
• Jun 2006
  1. International Tables for Crystallography: Vol G: by Sydney Hall and Brian McMahon reviewed by Sandy Blake
  2. Michael Polanyi - Scientist and Philosopher by William Taussig Scott and Martin X.Moleski, S.J. reviewed by Derry W. Jones
• Sep 2006
  1. J.D.Bernal by Andrew Brown reviewed by Kate Crennell
• Dec 2006
  1. The Jahn-Teller Effect by Isaac B.Bersuker reviewed by Paul Raithby

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