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Nature 423, 917-918 (26 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423917c

Crystal: clear difference from glass

Bruno Contreras Moreira1

  1. Biomolecular Modelling Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK

In his otherwise excellent Concepts essay (Nature 423, 485; 2003) Gautam R. Desiraju proposes that a scientist and a layperson may have different ideas about how to define a crystal.