Includes bibliographical references (p. 239]-244) and index.
Crystals and crystal structures. -- Lattices, planes and directions. -- Two-dimensional patterns and tiling. -- Symmetry in three dimensions. -- Building crystal structures from lattices and space groups. -- Diffraction and crystal structures. -- The depiction of crystal structures. -- Defects, modulated structures and quasicrystals. --Appendix 1. Vector addition and subtraction. -- Appendix 2. Data for some inorganic crystal structures. -- Appendix 3. Schoenflies symbols. -- Appendix 4. The 230 space groups. -- Appendix 5. Complex numbers. -- Appendix 6. Complex amplitudes.