A review by prolog15
Crystallography by Christian Bök

5.0

"Writing represents the superficial damage endured by one / surface when inflicting damage upon the surface of another." (p.124)

Crystallography turns science, language, and space on their heads to form striking metaphors and statements of truth. Bök illustrakes—through poetry, prose, and diagrams—how crystallography is 'lucid writing' and how writing is science is art. Bök's paradigm of crystal language is not only convincing but beautiful, in the way snowflakes are beautiful. Crystallography is a book to be studied, in every meaning of the word.