Crystallographic Computing

This is a compilation of papers presented at the International School on Crystallographic Computing held at the Flinders University, Adelaide, in August 1987. The school was designed to serve a two-fold purpose. First, to provide instruction for less experienced crystallographers in the design and application of computers and computer software for crystallographic purposes; and second, to provide instruction on the more recent or still developmental aspects of crystallographic computing. Much of the book is concerned with methods of single-crystal structure determination, with an emphasis on direct methods and on methods applicable to protein crystallography. There are also contributions on fibre diffraction methods and on electron diffraction techniques. Programming techniques for assessing databases are presented, as are introductions to symbolic programming and programming for array processors. The work is intended to be of interest to crystallographers in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, materials science and computer graphics.