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Since this is not so big and several people asked for it, I just sent it to the list. I hope no offence is taken...

JPK

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Jacob Pearson Keller
Northwestern University
Medical Scientist Training Program
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jacob Keller
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystallogrphy today

How about:

"LII. An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine
of Chances. By the late Rev. Mr. Bayes, communicated
by Mr. Price, in a letter to John Canton, M. A. and
F. R. S."

I have the .pdf if anybody wants it...

JPK

----- Original Message -----
From: amit sharma
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystallogrphy today

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 <[log in to unmask]> 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 <[log in to unmask]> 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