The Issue 3 of CrystallographyReviews presents two topical reviews and four book reviews. Oscar Enrique Piro returns with Enrique José Baran from La Plata, Argentina in this issue with a report on crystal chemistry of organic minerals, the salts of organic acids in order to understand the mutual relationship between the naturally occurring ones and the synthetic analogues, discussing their physicochemical properties, including also case studies. The current state of electron diffraction for structural biology is presented by Max T. B. Clabbers and Jan Pieter Abrahams from the Netherlands and Switzerland. The review includes descriptions about the limits of X-ray crystallography, the diffraction of electrons: the interaction of electrons with matter, data acquisition and processing showing that electron crystallography is becoming an alternative for structure elucidation of beam-sensitive organics and macromolecules. Claire Murray reviewed the book of Philip Ball on the evergreen topic ‘Patterns in nature’ completing the title with the question ‘why the natural world looks the way it does’ published by University Chicago Press. Mother Nature produces the world’s greatest art, this – often hidden – art seeks recognition and understanding, as well inspires generations of greatest artists. The book on symmetry, interesting for non-crystallographers and essential to crystallographers, will most probably attract wide readership. Large numbers of authors were involved in the preparation of the book ‘Intermolecular interactions in crystals: fundamentals of crystal engineering’ sensitively edited by Juan J. Novoa, reviewed by Susan A. Bourne, a Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, publication. The book offers the readers an overview of the current state of understanding of intermolecular interactions, the theoretical basis of supramolecular chemistry, crystal engineering, as well as of crystal design. The ‘Textbook of structural biology’, edited by Anders Liljas, Lars Liljas, Miriam-Rose Ash, Göran Lindblom, Poul Nissen and Morten Kjeldgaar, published by World Scientific, Singapore, has been already translated to several languages. This second editionwith broad revision makes the work to be the most extensive and detailed structural biology textbook by the reviewer, Xiao-Dong Su. Nucleic acid crystallography provides technical and practical challenges different from protein crystallography. ‘Nucleic acid crystallography: methods and protocols’ edited by Eric Ennifar in the series of Methods in molecular biology is a Springer Science Business Media, New York publication. By the reviewers, Montserrat Soler-Lopez and Gordon Leonard, the book offers an indispensable guide for nucleic acid, and particularly for RNA, cutting-edge methods and protocols to achieve reproducible results. All published articles in this and previous issues of Crystallography Reviews and elsewhere provide more than the focus of a subject. The questions are always

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一个成功的学术载体的背后是什么？Crystallography Reviews 社论，2018 年第 3 期

CrystallographyReviews 的第 3 期提供了两篇专题评论和四篇书评。Oscar Enrique Piro 在本期与阿根廷拉普拉塔的 Enrique José Baran 一起返回，报告有机矿物的晶体化学，有机酸的盐，以了解天然存在的物质和合成类似物之间的相互关系，讨论它们理化特性，包括案例研究。来自荷兰和瑞士的 Max TB Clabbers 和 Jan Pieter Abrahams 介绍了结构生物学的电子衍射现状。该评论包括对 X 射线晶体学极限的描述，电子的衍射：电子与物质的相互作用，数据采集​​和处理表明，电子晶体学正在成为光束敏感有机物和大分子结构解析的替代方法。克莱尔·默里 (Claire Murray) 审阅了菲利普·鲍尔 (Philip Ball) 的书，主题是“自然界的模式”，题目是芝加哥大学出版社出版的“为什么自然界看起来像它的样子”这个问题。大自然创造了世界上最伟大的艺术，这种——通常是隐藏的——艺术寻求认可和理解，同时也激发了一代又一代最伟大的艺术家。这本关于对称性的书，对非晶体学家来说很有趣，对晶体学家来说是必不可少的，很可能会吸引广泛的读者。大量作者参与了《晶体中的分子间相互作用》一书的编写工作：晶体工程基础》由 Juan J. Novoa 敏感编辑，由剑桥皇家化学学会出版物 Susan A. Bourne 审阅。这本书为读者提供了对分子间相互作用、超分子化学、晶体工程以及晶体设计的理论基础的当前理解状态的概述。新加坡 World Scientific 出版的由 Anders Liljas、Lars Liljas、Miriam-Rose Ash、Göran Lindblom、Poul Nissen 和 Morten Kjeldgaar 编辑的“结构生物学教科书”已经被翻译成多种语言。第二版经过广泛修订，使本书成为审稿人苏晓东编写的最广泛、最详细的结构生物学教科书。核酸晶体学提供了不同于蛋白质晶体学的技术和实践挑战。由 Eric Ennifar 在分子生物学方法系列中编辑的“核酸晶体学：方法和方案”是纽约施普林格科学商业媒体的出版物。由 Montserrat Soler-Lopez 和 Gordon Leonard 审稿人撰写的这本书为核酸，特别是 RNA，尖端方法和方案提供了不可或缺的指南，以实现可重复的结果。在本期和之前的 Crystallography Reviews 和其他地方发表的所有文章都提供的不仅仅是一个主题的重点。问题总是 由 Montserrat Soler-Lopez 和 Gordon Leonard 的审稿人撰写的这本书为核酸，特别是 RNA，尖端方法和方案提供了不可或缺的指南，以实现可重复的结果。在本期和之前的 Crystallography Reviews 和其他地方发表的所有文章都提供的不仅仅是一个主题的重点。问题总是 由 Montserrat Soler-Lopez 和 Gordon Leonard 审稿人撰写的这本书为核酸，特别是 RNA，尖端方法和方案提供了不可或缺的指南，以实现可重复的结果。在本期和之前的 Crystallography Reviews 和其他地方发表的所有文章都提供的不仅仅是一个主题的重点。问题总是