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A dictionary of physics / edited by Jonathan Law and Richard Rennie.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford Quick Reference
- Oxford quick reference
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics--Dictionaries.
- Physics.
- Physicists--Bio-bibliography.
- Physicists.
- Genre:
- Subject dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- Seventh edition / edited by Jonathan Law and Richard Rennie.
- Other Title:
- Physics
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fully revised, with over 200 new entries and full revision of the existing text, this book covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts in physics, as well as key terms from maths, astrophysics and physical chemistry. It is illustrated with over 120 diagrams, graphs, and tables, and also contains biographies of important scientists. Appendices include SI units, the solar system, and the electromagnetic spectrum, plus a list of Nobel Prize winners and a chronology of key dates in physics.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 23, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780191057335
- 0191057339
- OCLC:
- 922982137
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