A century of symmetry discovered: a crystallographer’s tale

When:
January 31, 2014 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
2014-01-31T20:00:00+00:00
2014-01-31T21:15:00+00:00
Where:
Faraday Lecture Theatre, Royal Institution
The Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street, Westminster, London W1S 4BS
UK
Cost:
£17
Contact:
020 7409 2992

Bragg's X-Ray spectrometerThe scientific legacy of W.H. and W. L. Bragg, both former Directors of the Ri, is both wide ranging and of crucial significance to modern scientific thought. Judith Howard will discuss the concepts of symmetry, which are not exclusive to crystallography, but are embedded deep in its mathematical foundations and essential to the application of Bragg’s Law in the solution of crystal structures.