The Penguin Dictionary of Physics, 2nd Edition
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Language: English
Published by Penguin Books, 2001
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- Title
- The Penguin Dictionary of Physics, 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140512365
- ISBN 13
- 9780140512366
This second edition includes over 4500 entries to provide an up-to-date guide to physics. Cross-referenced, it also covers related sciences such as physical chemistry, astronomy, medical physics, computing and engineering. This dictionary has also been updated to cover developments in physics since the first edition, particularly in such fields as quantum physics, nuclear and partical physics, solid-state physics, electronics and computer sciences. Additions to this book include entries on catastrophe theory and chaos theory, cosmic strings and cellular telephone, the greenhouse effect and high-temperature superconductivity, quantum chromodynamics and the scanning-tunnelling microscope.
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About the Author
Valerie Illingworth worked as a reference book publisher before becoming a freelance editor in 1976. She is the editor of the Collins Dictionary of Astronomy and the Oxford Dictionary of Computing.
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