Comprehensive and up to date, this fourth edition should be a useful reference tool for students of physics, either at school or at university. Containing over 4000 clear and precise entries, and now with biographies of key scientists, it covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts of physics. New entries include group theory, radioisotope imaging, fractional quantum Hall effect, and Lorentz force, and the work also contains feature articles on important topics and chronologies charting discoveries in main fields of the subject.
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Containing over 4000 clear and precise entries, and now with biographies of key scientists, this dictionary covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts of physics. There are also feature articles on important topics and chronologies charting discoveries in main fields of the subject.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780192801036
Publisert
2000-05-01
Utgave
4. utgave
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford Paperbacks
Aldersnivå
UA, UU, 14, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
552

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