An Introduction to Crystal Analysis

Abstract

A NEW book from the pen of Sir William Bragg is always a noteworthy event. Before we open it we know that it is one which we have to read and one which it will be a joy to read. The latest is no exception. Based on and expanded from a series of lectures delivered at University College, Aberystwyth, it is intended, as its title implies, to introduce the general scientific reader to the method of the X-ray analysis of crystals. This method is no longer the monopoly of pure research laboratories, but is finding its way into the fields of applied science and is throwing light on many industrial processes. For this reason, if for no other, it is becoming more and more important that the scientific worker, no matter what his specialist line may be, should have a clear understanding of the principles of the method and some idea as to the possibilities of its application. Only so will he be able to gauge whether it has any aid to offer him in his own especial province. It is to such workers that this book is addressed, and that it will fulfil its purpose is beyond doubt. It is surprising how many aspects of the subject have been discussed in so small a volume, but the material is presented so clearly and with such skill that there is no sense of overcrowding.

An Introduction to Crystal Analysis.

By Sir William Bragg. Pp. vii + 168 + 8 plates. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1928.) 12s. net.