Reviews for Introduction to XAFS: A Practical Guide to X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

The average rating for Introduction to XAFS: A Practical Guide to X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-07-01 00:00:00 Joseph Palanca A great introduction to XAFS theory, goes fairly in depth into the physics. Not sure what the minimum math level necessary to understand is (probably calculus and some linear algebra). I didn't have any trouble even thought it's been a long time since I took any math classes. If you're interested in learning how to reduce data, I recommend Shelly Kelly's tutorials. Update: I haven't read it yet, but Scott Calvin wrote a book called XAFS for Everyone. I heard it was really good as well. He is an excellent teacher so I'm assuming his book would also be a great resource.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-16 00:00:00 Kev Black I am an experimentalist who uses EXAFS frequently as one of many characterization techniques. Without in-depth knowledge of mathematics and statistics, this book was hard to comprehend. Some of the part was enlightening and helpful. I would not recommend this book as a practical guide.