Introduction. What is x-ray crystallography? ; A quick look at protein crystals ; Noncrystalline specimens ; Summary
A physical understanding of diffraction. What is diffraction? ; diffraction from one-dimensional crystals ; Reconstructing images from diffraction patterns ; Summary
diffraction from three-dimensional crystals. The electron density function in three dimensions ; Calculating the diffraction pattern from a known structure ; Summary
Phase determination by isomorphous replacement. Measuring the phases ; MAD phasing ; Fitting models to experimental electron density maps ; Summary
The Patterson function. Definition of the Patterson function ; Using the Patterson function to locate atoms ; Summary
Phasing with partially known structures. Difference Fourier maps ; Molecule replacement ; Summary
Crystallographic refinement. Refinement improves the model ; Least-squares refinement ; Summary.
Glossary.