Early days of X-ray crystallography / André Authier, Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Université P. et M. Curie, Paris, France.

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press ; [Chester, England] : International Union of Crystallography, 2013.

xiv, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

First edition.

Significance of the discovery of X-ray diffraction -- The various approaches to the concept of space lattice -- The dual nature of light -- Röntgen and the discovery of X-rays -- The nature of X-rays : waves or corpuscles? -- 1912 : the discovery of X-ray diffraction and the birth of X-ray analysis -- 1913 : the first steps -- The route to crystal structure determination -- X-rays as a branch of optics -- Early applications of X-ray crystallography -- Unravelling the mystery of crystals : the forerunners -- The birth and rise of the space-lattice concept.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-432) and indexes.