Small Angle X-Ray and Neutron Scattering from Solutions of Biological Macromolecules. By Dmitri I. Svergun, Michel H. J. Koch, Peter A. Timmins and Roland P. May. IUCr Texts on Crystallography, No. 19. Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. 358. Price (hardback) £49.99. ISBN: 978-0-19-963953-3.

Leonard Michel Gabriel Chavas

doi:10.1107/s1399004714005719

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<b>Small Angle X-Ray and Neutron Scattering from Solutions of Biological Macromolecules</b>. By Dmitri I. Svergun, Michel H. J. Koch, Peter A. Timmins and Roland P. May. IUCr Texts on Crystallography, No. 19. Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. 358. Price (hardback) £49.99. ISBN: 978-0-19-963953-3.

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Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering from Solutions of Biological Macromolecules is a superb book that efficiently summarises both SAXS and SANS techniques in a flow driven by the ambition to bring readers from an inexperienced background to a good practical knowledge and understanding of these scattering methods

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Small Angle X-Ray and Neutron Scattering from Solutions of Biological Macromolecules. Small-angle scattering is well established among specialists dedicated to the structural studies of macromolecules, and it is of no surprise that the IUCr Texts on Crystallography series welcomes such a textbook.

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