Alan Lindsay Mackay

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According to Wikipedia, Alan Lindsay Mackay FRS is a British crystallographer, born in Wolverhampton. Mackay was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, Oundle School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of London, where he received his doctorate. He spent his scientific career at Birkbeck College, founded by George Birkbeck, one of the Colleges of the University of London, where he was immersed in a liberal scientific atmosphere under the leadership of John Desmond Bernal.

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Publish or perish (1974) (930)
A dense non-crystallographic packing of equal spheres (1962) (886)
The Oxides and Hydroxides of Iron and Their Structural Inter-Relationships (1959) (466)
On complexity (2001) (421)
Diamond from graphite (1991) (376)
Crystallography and the penrose pattern (1982) (300)
The Grand Titration: Science and Society in East and West. (1970) (235)
Systematic enumeration of crystalline networks (1999) (228)
β-Ferric Oxyhydroxide (1960) (179)
From Chemical Gardens to Chemobrionics. (2015) (177)
Crystallography (1976) (157)
Magnetite in CI Carbonaceous Meteorites: Origin by Aqueous Activity on a Planetesimal Surface (1979) (150)
The geometry of hypothetical curved graphite structures (1992) (145)
Nodal surface approximations to the P,G,D and I-WP triply periodic minimal surfaces (2001) (130)
Periodic minimal surfaces (1985) (120)
Periodic minimal surfaces of cubic symmetry (2003) (118)
The Code Breakers (1984) (93)
Scientific and Technical Translation (1958) (92)
New Geometries for New Materials (2006) (86)
β-Ferric Oxyhydroxide—Akaganéite (1962) (83)
"Textures" (1987) (80)
Crystals of glutamine synthetase from Escherichia coli. (1975) (79)
Quaternion transformation of molecular orientation (1984) (69)
Oriented Transformations in Iron Oxides and Hydroxides (1957) (68)
/ Exact computation of the triply periodic D 'diamond' minimal surface (1999) (65)
Crystalline protein in the chorion of insect egg shells. (1972) (64)
The 'silica garden': a hierarcharical nanostructure (1998) (52)
Triply periodic minimal surfaces decorated with curved graphite (1993) (51)
Curved surfaces in chemical structure (1996) (45)
A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (2019) (41)
Beyond crystals: the dialectic of materials and information (2012) (40)
The formation of calcareous deposits during the corrosion of mild steel in sea water (1986) (39)
CLOSEST PACKING OF EQUAL SPHERES ON A SPHERICAL SURFACE (1977) (38)
Optimization of the Genetic Code (1967) (36)
Hypothetical graphite structures with negative gaussian curvature (1993) (32)
Towards a grammar of inorganic structure (1984) (32)
From C60 to negatively curved graphite (1997) (31)
A preliminary examination of the structure of α‐Ca3(PO4)2 (1953) (31)
The generalized inverse and inverse structure (1977) (29)
β-Ferric Oxyhydroxide and Green Rust (1959) (27)
Extensions of space‐group theory (1957) (26)
Generalized structural geometry (1974) (25)
Periodic minimal surfaces from finite element methods (1994) (24)
Stereological characteristics of atomic arrangements in crystals (1972) (23)
The stability of connected linear systems (1974) (21)
Bravais lattices in four-dimensional space (1963) (20)
Precipitation of Fe $_3$ O $_4$ in Magnetotactic Bacteria [and Discussion] (1984) (20)
The Shroud of Turin (1988) (19)
The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977) (19)
Negatively curved graphite and triply periodic minimal surfaces (1994) (18)
The Laudau Theory (1986) (17)
Crystallography: Some answers but more questions (1985) (17)
Structural studies of tabasheer, an opal of plant origin (1998) (17)
Einstein, the first hundred years (1980) (16)
Pauling's model not universally accepted (1986) (16)
Nomenclature for crystal families, Bravais-lattice types and arithmetic classes. Report of the International Union of Crystallography Ad-Hoc Committee on the Nomenclature of Symmetry (1985) (16)
Shape and complexity at the atomic scale: the case of layered nanomaterials (2004) (16)
What has the Penrose tiling to do with the icosahedral phases? Geometrical aspects of the icosahedral quasicrystal problem (1987) (15)
The packing of three-dimensional spheres on the surface of a four-dimensional hypersphere (1980) (15)
Coherent coexistence of nanodiamonds and carbon onions in icosahedral core-shell particles (2007) (15)
Cellular automata and local order in the structural chemistry of the lovozerite group minerals (2010) (13)
Green rust: a pyroaurite type structure (1976) (13)
Cement tubules — another look (1980) (13)
Icosahedra in aluminium / manganese alloy (1985) (13)
A generalized model for the shell structure of icosahedral viruses (2007) (12)
The statistics of the distribution of crystalline substances among the space groups (1967) (12)
Generalised crystallography (2017) (11)
FLEXICRYSTALLOGRAPHY : CURVED SURFACES IN CHEMICAL STRUCTURES (1995) (11)
Silica spicules in canary grass (1983) (11)
Quasicrystals turn to the sixth-dimension (1990) (11)
Crystallographic surfaces (1993) (11)
Kim Su‐Hong and the Korean cartographic tradition (1975) (11)
Equipotential Surfaces in Periodic Charge Distributions (1988) (11)
Two-dimensional space groups with sevenfold symmetry (1986) (10)
The piezo-electric activity of whitlockite β-Ca3(PO4)2 (1967) (10)
The Unit Cell and Space-Group of Chlor-Spodiosite (Ca2PO4Cl) (1953) (10)
The transformation of CsCl type ⇋ NaCl type. Part II: Orientation relations in phase transformations CsCl type → NaCl type in ammonium halides (1974) (10)
Geometrical principles of the self-assembly of nanoparticles (2008) (10)
On the oriented transformation of Ca(OH)2 to CaO (1969) (9)
Crystal Enigma (1989) (9)
THE SCIENCE OF SCIENCE: SOCIETY IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL AGE (1964) (9)
Quasi-crystals and amorphous materials (1987) (8)
Simulation of industrial furnacing with powder X‐ray diffraction (1984) (8)
The Landau Theory (1986) (7)
On rearranging the connectivity matrix of a graph (1975) (7)
POST-CLASSICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1986) (7)
Preparation of β‐CsCl at room temperature and its oriented transformation to α‐CsCl (1971) (7)
The Unit Cell and Space-Group of Alamosite (PbSiO3) (1952) (7)
The science of science (1966) (7)
A statistical treatment of superlattice reflexions (1953) (6)
To find the largest sphere which can be inscribed between four others (1973) (6)
Hypothetical curved graphite (1993) (6)
From “The Dialectics of Nature” to the Inorganic Gene (1999) (6)
But what is symmetry (1986) (6)
SOURCES OF RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION (1954) (6)
Lucretius or the philosophy of chemistry (1997) (6)
Lucretius: atoms and opinions (1991) (5)
The characterisation of coordination polyhedra by invariants (1994) (5)
On the Structure of Quasicrystals in a Higher-Dimensional Space (2013) (4)
Spatial Structure and the Microcomputer (1987) (4)
Micelles and Foams: 2-D Manifolds Arising from Local Interactions (1993) (4)
Acoustic Quasi-Crystals (1993) (4)
On the regular heptagon (1997) (4)
Five-fold symmetry: Disorder among the atoms (1986) (4)
Carbon crystals wrapped up (1990) (4)
Calibration of diffraction patterns taken in the electron microscope (1970) (4)
A metaphor for molecular evolution (1975) (3)
The Generalisation of Orthodox Crystallography (1994) (3)
Science as Entertainment (1994) (3)
Discussion of ‘Intangibles and research – an overview with a specific focus on the UK’ (2008) (3)
Crystallography: Some are less equal than others (1998) (3)
Diffraction measurements with the electron microscope (1968) (3)
An X-ray camera for measuring preferred orientation in wires (1953) (3)
The ORGANIZATION AND AVAILABILITY OF TECHNICAL TRANSLATION (1958) (3)
Generalized Crystallography (2002) (3)
A Practical Course in X-ray Structure Analysis by G. B. Bokii and M. A. Porai-Koshits and X-ray Structure Analysis by A. I. Kitaigorodskii (1953) (3)
Still on the learning curve (1997) (3)
The development of electron crystallography (2001) (2)
J D Bernal: his legacy to science and to society (2007) (2)
Not the Mysticism but the Science of Numbers (1968) (2)
The geometry of icosahedral tilings (1986) (2)
Geometrical principles of the self-assembly of nanoparticles (2008) (2)
A universal mounting for X-ray goniometer ares (1952) (2)
Science and Civilisation in China 4: 2. Physics and Physical Technology; Mechanical Engineering. (1966) (2)
Korea in the year 2000 : By the Korean Institute of Science and Technology. Seoul, 1971, pp. 163 (1973) (2)
New polymers in old honeycombs (1988) (2)
Spatial structure and the microcomputer : selected mathematical techniques (1987) (2)
Six regular polygons at a four‐connected vertex (1982) (2)
J D Bernal (1901–1971) in perspective (2003) (2)
On the structure of quasi-crystals in the higher-dimensional space (2013) (2)
A polyhedral kaleidoscope for demonstrating several point symmetry groups (1967) (1)
Crystallographic computations on the pocket calculator (1979) (1)
But how do atoms think? (2017) (1)
Formation of Calcareous Deposits During the Corrosion of Mild Steel in Sea Water. (1986) (1)
A tilted specimen holder for electron microscopy and diffraction (1965) (1)
Structures in nature as a strategy for design by P. Pearce (1979) (1)
Anecdotal Evidence: HOW TO WRITE A BEST SELLER (1981) (1)
Spherical Patterson sections (1951) (1)
Science and Power (2017) (1)
In the mind's eye (1989) (1)
The future of crystallography (1968) (1)
Intelligence as an applied science (1979) (1)
Things are in the saddle and ride mankind (1978) (1)
Society and science (1964) (1)
Towards a Science of Science / John D. Bernal, Alan L. Mackay. (1966) (1)
In the Matter of Man (1984) (1)
Growth and Form (1996) (1)
On Form , Mind and Matter ( with special reference to ‘ Crystal Souls ’ by Ernst Haeckel , translated by (2001) (1)
A TIME QUASI-CRYSTAL (1990) (1)
A comment on the close‐packing of hyperspheres (1976) (1)
More English than most (1991) (1)
J D Bernal and the replication of the genetic material - hindsight on foresight (2005) (1)
APL — a higher level language (1987) (1)
Japanese Seven-Place Sine and Tangent Tables of 1856 (1971) (1)
Crystallography and crystal chemistry. Part 2. Scientific papers of Leningrad State University No. 377. (Geological science series, part 14.) (1974) (0)
A methaphor for molecular evolution. (1975) (0)
The shape of two-dimensional space (2002) (0)
New Ways Of Seeing Crystals (1968) (0)
NEW CARBON NANOPARTICLE-ICOSAHEDRAL DIAMOND (2006) (0)
Geometry on the sphere: spherical trigonometry (1987) (0)
The best fit between two shapes or molecules (1987) (0)
A scientist's life in Russia (2005) (0)
A semi-micro manipulator for crystal mounting (1953) (0)
Scientists and religion (1973) (0)
Book reviews (1992) (0)
The science critic (1991) (0)
Personal influences and memories (1996) (0)
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE: Science and Travel (1981) (0)
The Shamans of Canaveral (1983) (0)
Social Imperatives in Memory of Prem Nath a Man of Conviction Who Tried to Make Philosophical Teaching and Research Relevant to Social Realities (0)
Tales of Technology Transfer (1983) (0)
Stimulating patterns (1991) (0)
Precipitation of Fe_3O_4 in Magnetotactic Bacteria: Discussion (1984) (0)
Copernican revolution declared (1992) (0)
Book reviews (1991) (0)
Landau Theory and Direct Methods for Crystal Structure Analysis (1990) (0)
After fifty years (1989) (0)
Setting a single crystal by non‐equatorial X‐ray reflexions (1952) (0)
A history of crystallography. I: From earliest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century. II: In the nineteenth century by I. I. Shafranovskii (1982) (0)
Handbook for the X-ray investigation of minerals edited by V. A. Frank-Kamenetskij (1976) (0)
Science and Mexico are the losers in institute politics (2010) (0)
Dürer's technique (1983) (0)
Negatively curved structures: flexi-crystallography (1993) (0)
“Non-Conformist Crystallography” (2017) (0)
Essentials of Crystallography (1988) (0)
Mathematical processes for computation (1987) (0)
The partition of space into domains (1987) (0)
Recent Soviet work in the field of crystallography (1953) (0)
Letters to the Editor (1990) (0)
Mais plus ça change... (1987) (0)
Crystal structure compendium (1977) (0)
MACKAY'S MICHELIN (1982) (0)
Increase in Subscription Rates (1963) (0)
Anecdotal Evidence: ADVENTURES OF THEYATOI (1981) (0)
Publish and be scammed (1989) (0)
AN AXIAL RETIGRAPH (1960) (0)
Erratum to: Crystallography in Eastern Europe (2008) (0)
The Development of Electron Crystallography — in memory of Boris Konstantinovich Vainshtein (1921–1996) (1997) (0)
Realism or symbolism (1990) (0)
1 " Generalised Crystallography " 1 (2005) (0)
Crystallography in Eastern Europe (1953) (0)
Crystal Symmetry: Theory of Colour Crystallography (1984) (0)
Anecdotal Evidence: ON THE ORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTS (1982) (0)
WaveDrive: a systems approach to optimising a linear generator for Trident Energy (2012) (0)
Structural Crystallography by N. V. Belov (1952) (0)
Shigeru Nakayama: A history of Japanese astronomy: Chinese background and Western impact . (HarvardYenching Institute Monograph Series, Vol. XVIII.) xvi, 329 pp. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969. (Distributed in G.B. by Oxford University Press. 95s.) (1970) (0)
Anecdotal Evidence: REVOLUTION AND THE TORCH OF ALGEBRA (1982) (0)
Towards a biological crystallography – the crystallography of quasi-equivalence (1981) (0)
Future prospects discussed (1994) (0)
Summarized proceedings of a conference on X-ray analysis London, November 1959 (1960) (0)
Scientific progress in Soviet Azerbaydzhan (1964) (0)
Window on the World (1981) (0)
Wyckoff on Crystals (1966) (0)
Iconography and tectology (1970) (0)
Erratum to: Recent Soviet work in the field of crystallography (2008) (0)
Tools for thought (1999) (0)
VII.1 Mathematics and Chemistry (2010) (0)
GEOMETRIES AND INTERFACES (1990) (0)
A fluorescent screen mounting for X-ray goniometers (1952) (0)
A gyro-chemical effect. (1976) (0)
Anecdotal Evidence: CRYSTALLINE THINKING (1982) (0)
Applications and other transformations (1987) (0)
A reply to a discussion by I.D. Birchall on “Cement tubules - another look”☆ (1981) (0)
Book Reviews (2002) (0)
An acoustic quasi-crystalline wave-field (1993) (0)
The Only Child in China (1984) (0)
How to organize a typists' pool—An operational analysis of an old metaphor (1973) (0)
MOLECULES AND MOORES (1983) (0)
Talking about science (1978) (0)
Anecdotal Evidence: RHYME AND REASON (1981) (0)
Thought blocks (1996) (0)
J. D. Bernal (1971) (0)
Meetings: Physics looks east (1986) (0)
Academic press dictionary of science and technology: edited by Chrisopher Morris, Academic Press, 1992. $115.00/£68.00 (xxxii + 2432 pages) ISBN 0 12 200400 0 (1993) (0)
Symmetric Celtic Sycophancy (1995) (0)
Greater clarity on crystals (1989) (0)
THE EUCLID EFFECT (1983) (0)

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