Celebrating 100 years of X-ray diffraction
 | Laue centennial issueThis special issue of Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography commemorates the observation of X-ray diffraction in crystals by Walter Friedrich, Paul Knipping and Max von Laue in 1912, one of the most important discoveries in the history of science.Enjoy free access to articles that describe the development of crystallography in the 19th century, the scientific environment in which the Laue experiment took place, the development of diffraction theory, and the history of structure analysis. Read Max von Laue's memoirs and anecdotes |
FREE copies of the Laue centennial issue will be available (while stocks last) from the IUCr exhibition booth at the following meetings:
 | 50 years agoPaul Ewald, former IUCr President and Editor of Acta Crystallographica, and Arthur Wilson, former Editor of Acta Crystallographica and International Tables, at the 1962 Munich meeting that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the discovery of X-ray diffraction by von Laue and his assistants.Read a report of the 1962 Munich meetingSee more historical photographs in the IUCr archive |
