A Dictionary of Chemistry (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198609183 ISBN 13: 9780198609186

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition is the ideal work of reference for students of chemistry, either at school or at university. Containing many new entries as well as biographies of key scientists, it covers all aspects of chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry. There are over 4,300 entries, including approximately 100 entries to this new edition. The dictionary also includes single- or double-page feature articles on important topics, such as polymers and crystal defects. Chronologies chart the main discoveries in such fields as atomic theory, biochemistry, explosives, and plastics. This is an excellent and up-to-date reference tool for anyone in the field of chemistry.

About this title

About the Author:

John Daintith (BSc, PhD) is an editor at Market House Books Ltd.

Review:

`Review from previous edition an old favourite. It should be in every classroom and library . . . the reader is drawn inevitably from one entyr ro the next merely to satisfy curiosity'
School Science Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0198609183
• ISBN 13: 9780198609186
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 610
• Editor: Daintith John