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- W2000659398 abstract "ISBN: 0 19 280030 2 How does one begin to review a dictionary? My first thought was of a recent sequence of correspondence in a popular science magazine, during which each contributor took great delight in unearthing mistakes in Richard Feynmann's Lectures on Physics. However, this would seem to be a rather negative approach and, in all likelihood, extremely futile given the experience of Oxford University Press in producing reference works of this kind. Certainly this reviewer came across no typographical, numerical or explanatory errors. An alternative, and far more satisfactory, approach was to explore the definition of a word that I have often read (and often used) but, to my shame, never understood. Obviously an acronym for some horrendously complicated phrase, this word always conjured up images of impossibly complex machinery, mysterious magnetohydrodynamical interactions and baffling energy transport processes. As it was, one simple diagram and a few paragraphs of text enlightened me. No longer would I be afraid to say `tokamak' in public! The dictionary is aimed primarily at the sixth-form and undergraduate markets, and is priced accordingly - well within the budget of the typical student. Associated chemical, mathematical and astronomical terminology is included, in addition to the physics definitions, and this edition also incorporates jargon from the latest computing advances that are playing a major role in the global dissemination of scientific information (Internet, WWW, Bitnet, URL, etc.). Another useful feature is the inclusion of physics phrases (`order of magnitude', `precession of the equinoxes', `age of the Universe') as well as single words. Most of the `popular' science of recent years is contained via entries such as chaos, attractor, fractal, wormhole, black hole, tachyon, etc., and reference to contemporary experimental (COBE, Bose - Einstein condensation) and theoretical (Higgs field) research is also given. One simple addition which would, in my view, enhance the usefulness of this work would be the inclusion of references to the seminal physics papers of the last century or so. To enable students to follow up the dictionary entry and peruse the original article concerning, for example, the Michelson - Morley or Young's slits experiment, would surely lead to a more fundamental understanding of the physics involved and the way in which science works. The dictionary contains approximately 4000 entries within 469 pages, and ends with various Appendices concerning Greek symbols, definitions, conversions and prefixes for SI units, fundamental constants, the solar system and the electromagnetic spectrum. Diagrams throughout are clear and well annotated. They are occasional, not excessive, and the impression of a dictionary is always retained. A final word? Zwitterion. Obviously invented by a spiteful chemist in order to frustrate Zeeman and Zener in their attempts to be last in the dictionary of physics." @default.
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