A Dictionary of Science 6/e (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019956146X ISBN 13: 9780199561469

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2010

Synopsis

This best-selling dictionary contains 9,200 entries on all aspects of chemistry, physics, biology (including human biology), earth sciences, and astronomy. This new edition includes expanded coverage of global warming, forensic science, astrophysics, quantam theory, and the solar system. Supported by over 200 diagrams and illustrations the dictionary features recommended web links for many entries, accessed and kept up-to-date via the Dictionary of Science companion website.

Other features include short biographies of leading scientists, full page illustrated features on subjects such as the Solar System and Genetically Modified Organisms, and chronologies of specific scientific subjects including plastics, electronics, and cell biology.

Both concise and wide-ranging, this dictionary is an ideal reference work for students and a great introduction for non-scientists.

About this title

Review:

Review from previous edition The book will appeal not just to scientists and science students but also to the interested lay person. And it passes the most difficult test of any dictionary - it is well worth browsing. (New Scientist)

All entries are clear and brief, written in no-nonsense prose...A handy reference work. (TES)

Handy and readable...for scientists aged nine to ninety (Nature)

About the Author:

Elizabeth A. Martin is an editor at Market House Books, in the UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 019956146X
• ISBN 13: 9780199561469
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 912
• Editor: Martin Elizabeth A.