Symmetry in Crystallography

Following a Laurea degree at the Università degli Studia di Milano and a PhD at Illinois Institute of Technology, Professor Radaelli has held posts at the Argonne National Laboratory, CNRS Grenoble, the Institute Laue-Langevin and the ISIS Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. His main interest is the study of transition metal oxides displaying novel physical phenomena, such as high-temperature superconductivity, 'colossal' magneto-resistance or multiferroics behaviour, with the potential of device applications. He is now Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University

• 1: Symmetry around a fixed point2: Frieze patterns and frieze groups3: Wallpaper (plane) groups4: Coordinate systems in crystallography5: The mathematical form of symmetry operators6: Distances, angles and the real and reciprocal spaces7: A phase transition in 2 dimensions8: Point groups in 3D9: The 14 3D Bravais lattices10: 3D space group symmetry11: Symmetry and reflection conditions in reciprocal space12: The Wigner-Seitz constructions and the Brillouin zones

Written in a very stylish and accessible manner and supported with many useful black-and-white pictures and photographs in addition to important equations... Paolo Radaelli has succeeded in handling the subject of symmetry and its relevance to crystallography over just 144 pages which is in itself a great accomplishment. The book contains a great collection of monographs and textbooks lists and symmetry-related references in different topics of art, crystallography, mathematical and physical sciences that can be excellent supporting materials to the reader.