Second in a series of scientific textbooks covering advances in selected research fields from a basic and general viewpoint. It is concerned chiefly with the deposition of atoms onto a suitable surface, and the generation of faults in the atomic structure during growth and subsequent cooling to room temperature. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) | Crystal Growth by A W Vere, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters