A Bit of History

1902 - W. Roentgen discovers X-rays

1913 - Max von Laue suggests that a regular array of atoms in a crystal could act as a 3-D diffraction grating.

1915 - W. H. Bragg and W. L. Bragg win a Nobel Prize in Physics for determining crystalline structures using X-rays.

1962 - Watson, Crick, Wilkens win a Nobel Prize in Medicine for determining DNA's structure.

1981 - K. M. Siegbahn wins a Nobel Prize for high resolution electron spectroscopy.

Various Structures determined through X-ray Crystallography using many of Bragg's principles.