TY - BOOK AU - Authier,André ED - International Union of Crystallography. TI - Early days of X-ray crystallography SN - 9780199659845 (hbk.) AV - QD945.A79 2013 U1 - 548.83 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - X-ray crystallography KW - History KW - X-rays KW - Diffraction KW - Lattice theory KW - Discoveries in science N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-432) and indexes; 1; Significance of the discovery of X-ray diffraction --; 2. The; various approaches to the concept of space lattice --; 3. The; dual nature of light --; 4; Röntgen and the discovery of X-rays --; 5. The; nature of X-rays : waves or corpuscles? --; 6. 1912 : the; discovery of X-ray diffraction and the birth of X-ray analysis --; 7. 1913 : the; first steps --; 8. The; route to crystal structure determination --; 9; X-rays as a branch of optics --; 10; Early applications of X-ray crystallography --; 11; Unravelling the mystery of crystals : the forerunners --; 12. The; birth and rise of the space-lattice concept ER -