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MORAWIEC, A. 2004. Orientations and Rotations. Computations in Crystallographic Textures.

x + 200 pp. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. Price Euros 59.95 (+ VAT at local rate), SFr 106.00, £46.00, US $79.95 (hard covers). ISBN 3 540 40734 0.

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The Earth is made mostly of crystalline materials. Due to their lattice geometries, all crystalline grains are anisotropic and hence their orientations influence many physical properties such as strength, seismic velocity and optical properties. The difference in lattice orientation between two adjacent grains – the misorientation – gives key information on the nature of the boundary between those grains and insight into how the boundary formed. The mathematics of orientation, which this book addresses in great detail, is therefore very relevant to Earth science.

It begins at a very fundamental level, discussing various representations of rotation – the easiest to understand being the definition . . . [Full Text of this Article]