Vincenzo De Michele

Quite a nice book with a valiant attempt to give a course in crystallography in a few pages followed by some lovely photos of colourful crystals. Unfortunately, though i know the basics of crystallography and molecular structures, the fine details require quite a bit of concentrated attention and life is short. Still one can enjoy this book just for the pictures. I think i might have bought it at the Natural history museum in London , many years ago. So it's sad to be saying goodbye to an old friend. But I'm now in the position of having to downsize my library and this book is one of the casualties. Pity but I won't be using it in the future. I give it three stars.… (más)