Concise Science Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Oxford University Press (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.27

  This new edition contains some 7500 entries covering terms and concepts relating to physics, chemistry, biology (including human biology), the earth sciences, and astronomy. Commonly encountered terms from mathematics and computing science are also included, as are many new terms reflecting recent advances in techniques and materials, environmental sciences, genetics (including genetic engineering), molecular biology, and immunology. The entries are written in everyday language and are fully supplemented where appropriate, by labelled line drawings and tables. The dictionary should be of use to school and first-year university students of science, non-scientists needing clear definition of scientific terms and scientists needing accessible reference for terms outside their own fields.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.27

  In its fourth edition, this dictionary contains 9000 entries on all aspects of science. Suitable for both students and non-scientists, it provides coverage of biology (including human biology), chemistry, physics, the earth sciences, and astronomy; short biographies of leading scientists; full-page illustration features on such subjects as El Nino, the Solar System, and Genetically Modified Organisms; and chronologies of specific scientific subjects, including plastics, electronics, and cell biology.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1984

  $25.50

  Clear, concise definitions of over 7,000 terms. An ideal reference for students and nonscientists. Fully up-to-date and including both the physical and biological sciences. One hundred line drawings supplement the text. Tables of essential information are also included. Cross-referenced.