Dear Bulletin Board, The following URL's may help people to understand crystallography (this was also pointed out to me by Ines Kahlaoui last night, I am so grateful to her):
http://videolectures.net/mit3091f04_sadoway_lec14/ (for the Boltzmann distribution) through to http://videolectures.net/mit3091f04_sadoway_lec19/ and the lecturer there is a very good lecturer. I haven't slept much last night :-) . Nothing about the maths, but you can't have everything. And people usually choke on the maths. Fred. > Message du 14/11/09 10:04 > De : "George M. Sheldrick" > A : CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural > Molecular Biology is about > > > I also think that it is a very nice video and I will certainly be showing > it to my students (and relatives). However the little step between > recording the X-ray reflections and getting a final refined map might be > expanded a little. That is after all what CCP4 etc. is about! Otherwise, > despite the suggestion in the film that an expert should be consulted, we > are reinforcing the view held by many biologists and chemists that crystal > structure determination is a routine analytical method and not suitable > for an academic career. It worries me that in a couple of decades there > will be few people still active who really understand how it works. On > the other hand, Berhard's impressive new book may solve that problem (if > people still read books). > > George > > Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS > Dept. Structural Chemistry, > University of Goettingen, > Tammannstr. 4, > D37077 Goettingen, Germany > Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 > Fax. +49-551-39-22582
