I totally agree. "Liking likelihood" is a must read. So are some of Zbyszek Dauter's papers and reviews on diffraction. -Buvna
----- Original Message ----- From: amit sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:36 pm Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystallogrphy today To: [email protected] > Hi Jayashankar, > I think it is indeed very important to understand the very > basics and > origins of the key concepts in crystallography. To that effect, > I found the > paper 'Liking likelihood' by Airlie J. McCoy > extremely useful, as I > always wanted to understand this concept clearly. > Also, the Proceedings > of the CCP4 study weekends (Acta D) have been of great > help in me > understanding some key concepts. It is indeed quite > exciting to be able to > understand the concepts that seem to be difficult initially. > > Cheers, > Amit Sharma, > Department of Biology, > University of York, > United Kingdom. > On 22/09/2008, Jayashankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear Jacob, > > > > You are absolutely right, > > > > I was very much excited and clear when I read Randy J.Read 's paper > > Improved Fourier coefficients for maps using phases from > partial structures > > with errors. > > its a must read paper for all students like me. > > > > thanks > > S.Jayashankar > > Research Student > > Institute for Biophysical Chemistry > > Hannover Medical School > > Germany. > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Jacob Keller < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> To understand the fundamentals of any discipline, I have > always found it > >> completely worthwhile to go back to the original source, > where the idea was > >> first discovered or presented. This is really, really > valuable, although not > >> always possible. I wonder whether others agree with me about > this...but I > >> feel pretty strongly about this matter. Often one can read > many reviews on > >> some subject, which never really get to the gist of the > matter, but when one > >> reads the original source, the subject is usually laid out > clearly because > >> guess what: nobody knew it yet, so it had to be explained clearly. > >> Furthermore, one gets a sense of the excitement of discovery, > and the > >> unsurety about some new proposed hypothesis which has not yet > become>> cannonized into fact. For this reason, it is sometimes > even worthwhile to > >> saunter down to the...library! > >> > >> Jacob Keller > >> > >> ******************************************* > >> Jacob Pearson Keller > >> Northwestern University > >> Medical Scientist Training Program > >> Dallos Laboratory > >> F. Searle 1-240 > >> 2240 Campus Drive > >> Evanston IL 60208 > >> lab: 847.491.2438 > >> cel: 773.608.9185 > >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ******************************************* > >> > > > > > Buvaneswari Narayanan Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology 9600 Gudelsky Drive Rockville MD-20850 Ph: 240-314-6102
