An excellent book for the applied scientists & engineers
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If I need to characterize this book in a single word, I would say...excellent. Space groups are a rather abstract discipline in crystallography and hence many books dealing with the subject are usually very theoretical in treatment. On the other hand, Burns' book is written for the applied scientist who needs a working knowledge on a sophisticated concept such as Space groups. The book is structured in a quite pedagogical style which lends itself to a pleasant self study. Worked-out examples are plenty which helps the reader to familiarize him/herself with the use of the International Tables for Crystallography. The level of the treatment is elementary, yet its scope is comprehensive and the treatment is rigorous. The book is ideally suited for those working in the solid state sciences.
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excellent for the beginner
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Great book for the beginner who does'nt know very much about space groups or the International tables. The book goes through and shows you examples and step by step of what all that stuff means. It's got some examples at the end, but I skipped that. One annoying thins about this book is that all the settings are in 1st setting for monoclinic so you get p21/a instead of the standard p21/c. If you become a crystallographer you'll know what I mean. Besides that though, it's a great book, very easy reading. Recommended for the beginner.
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