Perspectives in Crystallography

ISBN-13: 9780367377229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 180 str.

John R. Helliwell

Opis

The structural knowledge gained from crystallography has been instrumental in acquiring new levels of understanding in numerous scientific areas. This reference provides an overview of the current state of crystallography, reviews its historical origins, and emphasizes the societal impacts of crystallography that allow for sustainability of life. It also discusses the future of crystal structure analysis in the next 100 years and how crystallography can contribute to sustainability of life. The author is editor in chief of Crystallography Reviews, where some of this book’s contents have been previously published.

Spis treści

PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. Explaining ‘What Is Crystal Structure Analysis?’ for a General Audience. CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS. The Centennial of the First X-Ray Crystal Structures. Honouring the Two Braggs: The First X-Ray Crystal Structure and the First X-Ray Spectrometer. ASPECTS OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY RESEARCH. The Evolution of Synchrotron Radiation and the Growth of Its Importance in Crystallography. An Evaluation Review of the Prediction of Protonation States in Proteins versus Crystallographic Experiment. The Structural Chemistry and Structural Biology of Colouration in Marine Crustacea. Where Is Crystal Structure Analysis Heading in the Future? SOCIETAL IMPACTS. Crystallography and Sustainability.

O autorze

John R. Helliwell is emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He has a DPhil in molecular biophysics from the University of Oxford and a Doctor of Science Physics degree from the University of York. He has presented crystallography and research to diverse audiences in academic and scientific civil service contexts and has served the International Union of Crystallography as a representative in several global organisations. He has also chaired science advisory committees in Japan, Australia, the United States and Europe. He received the Patterson Award of the American Crystallographic Association and the Perutz Prize of the European Crystallographic Association, and is a fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Society of Biology and the American Crystallographic Association.