Foreword ...................................................... vii
Introduction: 36 Years of Research and Discoveries about
Glass Crystallization .......................................... xi
Glass Myth Shattered (Science Now, May 16, 1998) .............. xix
Acknowledgments ............................................... xxi
Letter from S.D. Stookey - The Inventor of Glass-ceramics .... xxii
Crystals in Glass - A Celebration of Science and Art ............ 1
Internal Nucleation in Glasses ............................... 7
Surface Nucleation on Glasses ............................... 45
Viscous Sintering with Concurrent Crystallization ........... 71
Eutectic Crystallization .................................... 79
Cracks and Bubbles in Glass-ceramics ........................ 93
Reviews of "Crystals in Glass: A Hidden Beauty" ............... 105
About the Author .............................................. 109
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