UNESCO has declared 2014 the International Year of Crystallography . This is to mark 100 years since Max von Laue got the Nobel Prize for discovering diffraction of x-rays by crystals. The International Union of Crystallography has produced some nice educational resources for the occasion. But, I actually prefer this video from the Royal Institution for the Bragg centenary last year. Due to the involvement of UNESCO there are initiatives to promote crystallography in the developing world. The ma