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<h2>Acta Crystallographica Section A</h2><h3>Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography</h3><h3>0567-7394</h3> <h2>book reviews</h2> Volume 31 Part 2 Page 271 March 1975 <h2> Surface and defect properties of solids edited by M. W. Roberts and J. M. Thomas</h2> J. A. D. Matthew 271 Book Reviews Works intended for notice in this column should be sent direct to the Book-Review Editor (M. M. Woolfson, Physics De- partment, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD, England). As far as practicable books will be reviewed in a country different from that of publication. Surface and defect properties of solids. Vol. 3. Senior reporters M. W. ROBERTS and J. M. THOMAS. Pp.viii +201, Figs. 120, Tables 14. London: The Chemical Society, 1974. Price £6.50. The third volume of the Chemical Society's series of Spe- cialist Periodical Reports on the Surface and Defect Prop- erties of Solids provides some readable and thought- provoking reviews on a wide variety of topics. There is a strong crystallographic flavour, with articles on Crystallo- graphic Shear and Non-Stoicheiometry (J. S. Anderson and R. J. D. Tilley), Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformations and Twinning in Organic Molecular Crystals (M. J. Bevis and P. S. Allan), and The Geometry of Disinclinations in Crystals