Polymer Science and Engineering (Technical Japanese Supplements)

Bird, R. Byron; Floyd, Sigmund

ISBN 10: 0299146944 / ISBN 13: 9780299146948

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI, 1995

About this Item

This book provides a systematic guide to English readers for learning Kanji needed for reading polymer science & engineering technical articles. Grey & blue covers. 4to, 96 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Polymer Science and Engineering (Technical Japanese Supplements)
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299146944
• ISBN 13: 9780299146948
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This book is a supplement to the textbook Basic Technical Japanese.  It introduces an additional 100 kanji that are important in building vocabulary for reading and translating the Japanese literature on polymer science and engineering.
    The text offers ten lessons, each of which introduces ten new kanji as well as exercises for mastering them. The new kanji are printed in very large type at the beginning of each chapter so that the reader can see clearly how the characters are structured. The exercises include several kinds of matching, as well as translation of sentences and short paragraphs. Full translations of some exercises allow learners to evaluate their own work. In addition, a list of thirty-five more kanji related to polymer science is provided at the end of the book.
    Intended for self–study, the book provides a complete on–kun index of all 135 kanji, which enables learners, if they know the pronunciation of a word, to locate the introductory discussion of the corresponding kanji in the book.

About the Author

R. Byron Bird is Vilas Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Sigmund Floyd is the business manager of AtoHaas Pacific B.V. in Tokyo, a joint venture of Elf Atochem S.A. and the Rohm and Haas Company.