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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology ~ [email protected]  "This attractively illustrated and comprehensive work will complement the scientific reference shelf of many types of library...As a dictionary, this work has no up-to-date rivals." --MEDICAL REFERENCES SVC QUARTERLY "Has a place on all reference shelves...Outstanding...Easy to use...The Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology captures the terminology of today and gives modern definitions...Highly recommended." --BOOKLIST/REFERENCE BOOKS BULLETIN "This will now be the dictionary of choice for up-to-date terminology...Important for research level reference collections." --CHOICE "The most comprehensive of its kind...The definitions...are concise and to the point...A valuable reference tool." --RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY "There are indeed many excellent definitions, plus the short essays by eminent scientists in different disciplines. There are also several sections of supplementary information, some of which might be of interest to people who are not involved daily with those particular fields." --Joseph K. Slap in VERBATIM, "With more than 133,000 entries, this dictionary has available one of the largest and most up-to-date scientific vocabularies. This dictionary would be of use to practicing scientists and professionals in all the fields of science." --VETERINARY HUMAN TOXICOLOGY "Even the real technologists sometimes stumble over a word or a definiion these days as technology explodes and the terms that describe techniques and technologies are coined.More than 130,000 terms are defined here, and new ones are added regularly." --The Cincinnati Enquirer, March 30, 2000, TEMPO, pgE03. "The Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology captures the terminology of today and gives modern definitions. This dictionary is highly recommended for all public, academic, and high school libraries." Christopher Morris, "Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology" Academic Press | 1992-01-15 | ISBN: 0122004000 | 2432 pages | CHM | built-in search and indexed | 84.1 MB