There is no book that covers the course material in its entirety. However, it is a requirement of the course that you buy at least one book to have additional support. I have stuck to the most modern and up-to-date ones. Your choice should be guided by what interests you most about the course. I will help with some comments. The following books will be useful:

• The most relevant to the aims of the course is

  Rhodes, G. (1993) Crystallography Made Crystal Clear. A Guide for Users of Macromolecular Models. Academic Press, San Diego.

• Very helpful and educational is

  Glusker, J.P., Trueblood, K.N. (1994) Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer.2nd ed., Oxford University Press.

• A book strong on general crystallography and for the people who do it (heavy)

  Giacovazzo, C., Monaco, H.L., Viterbo, D., Scordari, F., Gilli, G., Zanotti G. and Catti M. (1992) Fundamentals of Crystallography. Ed. by Giacovazzo, C. International Union of Crystallography. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

• A book strong on general crystallography and for the people who do it (comprehensive)

  Glusker, J.P., Lewis, M. and Rossi, M. (1994) Crystal Structure Analysis for Chemists and Biologists. VCH Publishers, New York.

• A book dedicated to protein crystallography with all the mathematics, and for the people who do it (heavy)

  Drenth, J. (1994) Principles of Protein X­ray Crystallography. Springer, New York.

This list is not exhaustive. Other titles will be in the reading list when the course starts.

For details, availability and pricing check either
http://www.amazon.com/
or
http://www.bookshop.ac.uk/

or ask your local bookshop.

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