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Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics
Contributor(s): Basu, Dipak (Editor)
ISBN: 084932890X     ISBN-13: 9780849328909
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $190.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2000
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Annotation: The first published volume of CRC's Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics, the Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics offers clear, concise, and authoritative definitions of more than 3,000 terms. It covers a range of pure and applied disciplines, including acoustics, biophysics, communications, electromagnetism, electronics, optics, and low-temperature physics. The editor has taken care to ensure each entry is as self-contained as possible, to include terms from the frontiers of technology, and to omit obsolete terms that can clutter a search.
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Reference
- Science | Physics - General
Dewey: 530
LCCN: 00052884
Series: Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 7.27" W x 10.29" (1.80 lbs) 382 pages
 
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Clear, precise definitions of scientific terms are crucial to good scientific and technical writing-and to understanding the writings of others. Whether you are a physicist, engineer, mathematician, or technical writer, whether you work in a research, academic, or industrial setting, we all have the occasional need for comprehensible, working definitions of scientific terms.

To meet that need, CRC Press proudly announces publication of the Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics-the first published volume of CRC's Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics. Authored by eminent scientists from around the world, offers concise, authoritative definitions of more than 3,000 terms covering a range of pure and applied disciplines:

acoustics biophysics
communications electricity electronics
geometrical optics low-temperature physics magnetism medical physics physical optics

The editor has taken care to ensure each entry is as self-contained as possible, to include terms from the frontiers of technology, and to omit obsolete terms that can clutter a search. The result is a lucid, accessible, and convenient reference valuable to both the novice and the seasoned professional.