Crystallography Made Crystal Clear: A Guide for Users of Macromolecular Models (Complementary Science) - Softcover

Expanded and updated edition uses four-color art and concise language to explain the basis of X-ray crystallography

Gale Rhodes makes crystallography accessible to readers who have no prior knowledge of the field, or its mathematical basis. The second edition of Crystallography Made Crystal Clear has been fully updated and expanded to make it the most comprehensive and concise reference for beginning crystallographers. The book also introduces essential World Wide Web tools for users of models, including beginning-level tutorials in molecular modeling on personal computers. The CMCC Home Page (www.usm.maine.edu/~rhodes/CMCC) provides access to all tools and links to all resources discussed in this book. Most significantly, the final chapter introduces the reader to macromolecular modeling on personal computers-featuring SwissPdbViewer, a free, powerful modeling program now available for PC, Power Macintosh, and Unix computers.
Key Features
* Provides clear, understandable descriptions of principles of X-ray crystallography
* Leads reader through unintimidating and thorough explanations of the underlying mathematics
* Provides abundant illustrations, including diagrams, charts, photographs, and color stereo
* images
* Explains how to read crystallography papers in research journals
* Includes brief descriptions of other diffraction methods (neutron, electron, Laue) and the kinds
* of structural information they can provide
* Introduces other methods of macromolecular structure determination (NMR spectroscopy and
* homology modeling), and provides guidance in judging the quality of these models