Synopses & Reviews
Fully revised and updated for this fourth edition, with over 4,000 entries, The Dictionary of Chemistry covers all the commonly encountered terms in chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry. The dictionary includes clear and concise coverage of laboratory techniques, chemical engineering, and environmental matters, new entries on buckminsterfullerene, fullerite, quasicrystal, oscillating reaction, and one-pot synthesis, and a full alphabetical table of elements and their properties. Authoritative and up-to-date, this is the perfect reference book for students of chemistry and general readers interested in the chemical nature of our physical surroundings.
Review
"An old favorite. It should be in every classroom and library....The reader is drawn inevitably from one entry to the next merely to satisfy curiosity."--
School Science ReviewSynopsis
Fully revised and updated with over 4,000 entries, this dictionary covers allthe commonly encountered terms in chemistry, including physical chemistry andbiochemistry.
Synopsis
Fully revised and updated for this fourth edition, with over 4,000 entries, The Dictionary of Chemistry covers all the commonly encountered terms in chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry. The dictionary includes clear and concise coverage of laboratory techniques, chemical engineering, and environmental matters, new entries on buckminsterfullerene, fullerite, quasicrystal, oscillating reaction, and one-pot synthesis, and a full alphabetical table of elements and their properties. Authoritative and up-to-date, this is the perfect reference book for students of chemistry and general readers interested in the chemical nature of our physical surroundings.
About the Author
About the Editor: John Daintith is Reference editor at Market House Books.