A Dictionary of Chemistry

A Dictionary of Chemistry comprises some 5,250 entries, covering all aspects of chemistry and related topics, such as physical chemistry and biochemistry, including recent developments in the field. It is supplemented by graphs, diagrams, and detailed appendices as well as useful web links which are accessible via the companion website.

About the author

Richard Rennie, BSc, MSc, PhD, has conducted research at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford, Cambridge, and California, Santa Barbara. His main interest is in the theory of the structure of matter. He has written a number of articles and reviews. He has contributed to several other reference books, including the Oxford Dictionary of Physics. He wrote the Facts on File Dictionary of Atomic and Nuclear Physics which was published in 2003. He has taught mathematics, physics, and chemistry at various Sixth Form Colleges and is a Senior Invigilator for the University of Cambridge.

Jonathan Law has worked in reference publishing for nearly 30 years and is a director of Market House Books Ltd. He is the editor or co-editor of several other books in the Oxford Quick Reference series, including A Dictionary of Finance and Banking and A Dictionary of Business and Management.

Summary

A Dictionary of Chemistry comprises some 5,250 entries, covering all aspects of chemistry and related topics, such as physical chemistry and biochemistry, including recent developments in the field. It is supplemented by graphs, diagrams, and detailed appendices as well as useful web links which are accessible via the companion website.

Additional text

Review from previous edition a favourite. It should be in every classroom and library ... the reader is drawn inevitably from one entry to the next merely to satisfy curiosity

Product details

• Assisted by: Rennie Richard (Editor), Law Jonathan (Editor), Jonathan (Market House Books) Law (Editor), Richard (University of Cambridge) Rennie (Editor), Jonathan Law (Editor), Richard Rennie (Editor)
• Authors: Jonathan Law, Richard Rennie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.03.2020
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > General, dictionaries; Education and learning
• EAN: 9780198841227
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884122-7
• Series: Oxford Quick Reference; Dictionnaires; Oxford Quick Reference; Oxford Paperback Reference
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Chemistry / Inorganic; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic; chemistry; Reference works