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Dictionary of Scientific Units
. Ed(S): Jerrard, H.G.; McNeill, D.B.
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Description for Dictionary of Scientific Units
Paperback. This reference work provides comprehensive coverage of the key units used in science, technology and medicine. It also features descriptions of the international organizations responsible for the promulgation of both the definitions and the accepted values of basic physical quantities. Editor(s): Jerrard, H.G.; McNeill, D.B. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; PDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
units have been included. References, which now number approximately 650, have been brought up to date. The most recently accepted values of the physical constants have been provided. Our thanks go to all those who, since the fifth edition, have helped in this revision by suggestions. In particular the authors express their gratitude to Jane M. Jerrard who, with enthusiasm, put the text into a computer and eliminated the editorial scissors and paste and simplified the onerous and long task of producing a text from the fragmented material of the revision. In the preface to the fifth edition it was ... Read more
units have been included. References, which now number approximately 650, have been brought up to date. The most recently accepted values of the physical constants have been provided. Our thanks go to all those who, since the fifth edition, have helped in this revision by suggestions. In particular the authors express their gratitude to Jane M. Jerrard who, with enthusiasm, put the text into a computer and eliminated the editorial scissors and paste and simplified the onerous and long task of producing a text from the fragmented material of the revision. In the preface to the fifth edition it was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412467202
SKU
V9780412467202
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Ref
99-15
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