Short description
A dictionary for anyone seeking definitions of words and phrases encountered in chemistry. This second edition contains approximately 9000 entries, each accompanied by a pronunciation guide. The entries are supplemented by conversion tables, explanations of notation, and other data.
Long description
The second edition of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry will be a major revision of this popular trade edition of the chemistry content in the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms (based on 6/e). It will cover the principal disciplines of chemistry and contain approximately 9,000 entries, each accompanied by a pronunciation guides. Coverage includes - analytical chemistry - inorganic chemistry - organic chemistry - physical chemistry - polymer chemistry - spectroscopy - as well as terms in related areas such as biotechnology and biochemistry. The entries are supplemented by conversion tables, explanations of scientific, technical, and mathematical notation, and other useful data. The Dictionary thus will allow the user to keep pace with the expanding language of science and the proliferation of highly specialized terms and acronyms.
Review
Excerpts of review by T.R. Faust, Burlington College McGraw-Hill derives these inexpensive subject-specific dictionaries from its Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, covering 110,000 terms. Libraries could not go wrong purchasing this recognized standard reference--either the parent or its offspring. Choosing which to purchase will probably present the greater challenge. Students may be more likely to favor these more focused titles, whereas librarians may be more enthralled with the larger, more encompassing mother work. ...The offspring reproduce the definitions of terms exactly as they appear in the mother work, with pronunciation but without illustrations. The appropriate appendixes are retained in the smaller volumes, but biographical entries are dropped. McGraw-Hill tends to include more appendixes [than competition], such as geological time scales and electronic symbols...libraries will be well served by the McGraw-Hill titles. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Choice 20031001
Table of contents
- Frontmatter Preface
- Editorial Staff
- How to Use the Dictionary
- Scope of Fields
- Pronunciation Key Dictionary Entries A
- Z Appendices Conversion tables
- Scientific Notation
- Data Tables