9781332020140 - Lecture Notes on Crystallography (Classic Reprint) de Patton, Horace Bushnell (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book succinctly introduces crystallography, the study of crystal geometry, to students of mineralogy. The author sets out with the fundamental principles of the field, including how to express the orientation of crystal faces through the use of axes, and how to describe forms mathematically through the use of symbols. The book gains complexity throughout, taking readers through isometric, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic crystal systems. The author makes a point of distinguishing between ideal forms and real crystals, exploring the ways in which real crystals can be distorted without losing the mathematical relationships that define their symmetry. By emphasizing the mathematical dimension of crystallography, this book provides a firm foundation for further study of crystallography, as well as for the study of mineralogy. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.