Living crystal. 4th edition. Geguzin Ya.E.

This book, written by an outstanding popularizer of science, contains the exposition of modern ideas about physical phenomena and processes that occur in real crystals and determining their properties and characteristics available to non -specialists. It is described about the movement of atoms, various defects in the structure of crystals, about how the crystal stores memories of its past that influenced its structure. The formulas used in the book are quite accessible to the reader who has mastered only the initial information from the algebra. The book is designed for high school students, high school teachers and everyone who is interested in modern natural science.