An introduction to X-ray crystallography

Аннотация

In 1912 von Laue proposed that X-rays could be diffracted by crystals and shortly afterwards the experiment which confirmed this brilliant prediction was carried out. At that time the full consequences of this discovery could not have been fully appreciated. From the solution of simple crystal structures, described in terms of two or three parameters, there has been steady progress to the point where now several complex biological structures have been solved and the solution of the structures of some crystalline viruses is a distinct possibility.