André, Authier (Author)
Oxford University Press
Physical Details: xiv + 441 pp.; ill.
Language: English
Celebrates the centenary of the discovery of X-ray diffraction, and coincides with the award of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies with X-ray crystallography Reviews the early development of crystallography, the discovery of X-ray diffraction, and the first applications of X-ray crystallography in chemistry, material science, physics, mineralogy, and biology Enlivened with many anecdotes and over 50 inserts with biographical notes and portraits of the most important crystallographers of the period Numerous quotes from the writings of the main actors of the story tell how their discoveries were made and convey the spirit of their time 2012 marked the centenary of one of the most significant discoveries of the early twentieth century, the discovery of X-ray diffraction (March 1912, by Laue, Friedrich, and Knipping) and of Bragg's law (November 1912). The discovery of X-ray diffraction confirmed the wave nature of X-rays and the space-lattice hypothesis. It had two major consequences: the analysis of the structure of atoms, and the determination of the atomic structure of materials. The momentous impact of the discovery in the fields of chemistry, physics, mineralogy, material science, biochemistry and biotechnology has been recognized by the General Assembly of the United Nations by establishing 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography.--Pub web
...MoreReview Shaul Katzir (2016) Review of "Early Days of X-Ray Crystallography". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 187-188).
Essay Review Eckert, Michael (2015) The Multiple Faces of X-Ray Crystallography. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 95-97).
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