I. Introduction. - 1. Origin Scope and Plan of this Book. - II. The Beginnings. - 2. X-rays. - 3. Crystallography. - 4. Laue's Discovery of X-ray Diffraction by Crystals. - 5. The Immediate Sequels to Laue's Discovery. - III. The Tools. - 6. The Principles of X-ray Diffraction. - 7. Methods and Problems of Crystal Structure Analysis. - IV. The Growing Field. - 8. The Growing Power of X-ray Analysis. - 9. Problems of Inorganic Structures. - 10. Problems of Organic Structures. - 11. The Growing Field of Mineral Structures. - 12. Applications of X-ray Diffraction to Metallurgical Science. - 13. Problems of Biochemical Structures. - 14. X-ray Diffraction and its Impact on Physics. - 15. Dynamical X-ray Optics; Electron and Neutron Diffraction. - 16. X-ray Spectroscopy. - V. In Memoriam. - Autobiography. - William Henry Bragg. - Shoji Nishikawa. - Charles Mauguin. - E. S. Fedorov. - Artur Schoenflies. - William Thomas Astbury. - Carl H. Hermann. - Gösta Phragmén. - Victor Moritz Goldschmidt. - Christen Johannes Finbak. - Paul Knipping. - Memorial Tablets. - VI. Schools and Regional Development. - 17. British and Commonwealth Schools of Crystallography. - 18. The Development of X-ray Diffraction in U. S. A. - 19. The New Crystallography in France. - 20. Germany. - 21. The Netherlands. - 22. Scandinavia. - 23. Japan. - 24. Schools of X-ray Structural Analysis in the Soviet Union. - 25. The World-wide Spread of X-ray Diffraction Methods. - VII. Personal Reminiscences. - Some Personal Reminiscences. - Development of X-ray Crystallography Research in India. - Personal Reminiscences. - My Time at the Royal Institution 192327. - Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - The Genesis and Beginnings of X-ray Crystallography at Caltech. - Moseley's Determination of AtomicNumbers. - For auld lang syne. - Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Autobiography. - Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Reminiscences. - Recollections of Dahlem and Ludwigshafen. - Personal Reminiscences. - Experiences in Crystallography1924 to Date. - Early Work on X-ray Diffraction in the California Institute of Technology. - My Time with X-rays and Crystals. - Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Autobiographical Data and Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Some Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Reminiscences. - Personal Recollections. - My Part in X-ray Statistics. - Personal Experiences of a Crystallographer. - Personal Reminiscences. - Reminiscences. - VIII. The Consolidation of the New Crystallography. - Appendix: Biographical Notes on Authors. Language: English