Review of X Ray Crystallography
G Girolami's X Ray Crystallography is intended to accompany an introductory, graduate level course in single crystal diffraction methods. His book is separated into three sections: Symmetry and Space Groups, Chapters 2 12; X rays and Diffraction, Chapters 13 27; and Solving and Refining Crystal Structures, Chapters 28 40. Chapter 1 provides a brief history of crystallography. Chapter 41 describes powder diffraction; Chapter 42 describes electron and neutron diffraction. In general, the information is presented in a clear and sometimes unique manner. His many worked examples throughout the book and problems included at the end of each chapter help clarify descriptions of the theory.