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Summary
Summary
Keeping pace with the ongoing rapid developments and expanding vocabularies of 100 different scientific and engineering fields, the fifth edition of this dictionary contains more than 5100 new terms. Many definitions are supplemented by detailed, informative illustrations.
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Booklist Review
Because science uses such specific and unusual terminology, a good dictionary is a necessity, and this is the best general science dictionary around. It provides short definitions and pronunciations for words and phrases used in all branches of science and technology. When terms have different meanings in different fields, the definition for each is given along with the field in which that definition is used. For example, the word scaling has eight different definitions in fields ranging from biology to graphics to nuclear physics. Illustrations are used to enhance the definitions for some entries. This dictionary is based on the terms found in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia (see below) and serves as a one-stop companion for the language of science. Like the Encyclopedia, it has been updated every five years and a new edition is due out in 1999.
Choice Review
The 5th edition of this dictionary provides clear, brief definitions, each with a field identifier and numerous helpful illustrations in the margins. Also included are synonyms, acronyms, abbreviations, and cross-references; pronunciations were added with the 4th edition (1989). The 5,000 new terms bring the total to 105,100 terms and 122,600 definitions. There are many useful appendixes. This edition adds an IBM disk with a spell checker which can be used with any IBM or compatible computer and several word processing programs. The explanation of the use of the disk is not found in the text, only on the disk. The work is comparable to the Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, ed. by Christopher Morris (CH, Feb'93). It continues the 1st (1974) edition's role, filling a need for scientific definitions not found in general dictionaries. Recommended for all libraries. E. Williams; Vassar College
