This book offers a selection from among István Hargittai’s non-technical articles that focus on the culture of discoveries and scientists, rather than on actual research. István Hargittai is an intern
Includes specially selected articles that previously appeared in The Chemical Intelligencer magazine published (1995-2000). Excerpts of these Editor's choice chapters chronicle the culture and history
A fascinating exploration of generalized crystallography, quasicrystals, icosahedral packing, other packing considerations, extended structures, data treatment and data mining is presented by luminari