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Books for and by Crystallographers

Structure Correlation, J. D. Dunitz, H.-B. Bürgi, 1993, 750 pp., $390.00, VCH, Weinheim. "This book leaves the conventional view of chemical structure far behind: it demonstrates how a wealth of valuable, but hitherto unused information can be extracted from available structural data... For academic and industrial reader alike."

X-ray Diffraction at Elevated Temperatures, A Method for In Situ Process Analysis, D. D. L. Chung, P. W. Dettaven, H. Arnold, and D. Gosh, 1993, 268 pp., $158.00, VCH, New York. "Provides detailed information on principles, instrumentation, and applications of X-ray diffraction at elevated temperatures."

Crystal Structure Analysis for Chemists and Biologists, J. P. Glusker, M. Lewis, and M. Rossi, 1994, 854 pp., $69.95, VCH, New York. "For chemists and biochemists who need to be able to understand the results of X-ray diffraction studies on structures of immediate interest to them."

Solids and Surfaces, A Chemist's View of Bonding in Extended Structures, R. Hoffmann, 1989, 142 pp., VCH, Weinheim. "Shows how chemistry and physics come together in the solid state and on surfaces. Applications include a general picture of chemisorption, bond-breaking and making in the solid state, bonding in metals, the electronic structure of selected conducting and superconducting structures, dissociation, migration, and coupling of surfaces and the forces controlling deformation of extended systems."

Reflections on Symmetry, E. Heilbronner and J. Dunitz, 1992, 168 pp., VCH, Weinheim and Helvetica Chimica Acta Publishers. "Provides an eminently readable discussion of the omnipresent concept of symmetry, its application in all branches of science, and its perception in nature, art, and elsewhere."

Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist, I. Hargittai and M. Hargittai, 1986, 458 pp., VCH, Weinheim. This book reveals connections between seemingly unrelated things: scientific findings, everyday phenomena, creations of art and literature.

Molecular Crystals, J. D. Wright, U. of Kent, UK, 1994, 200 pp., $ 18.36, Cambridge University Press. Chemical and physical structure of molecular crystals, their optical and electronic properties, and the reactions between neighboring molecules in crystals. Coverage of applications of molecular materials in high-technology devices and an entirely new chapter on the Buckminsterfullerene carbon molecule (C60) and organic non-linear optic materials.