Dictionary of Geophysics Astrophysics and Astronomy
Brand: CRC Press
Description
The Dictionary of Geophysics Astrophysics and Astronomy provides a lexicon of terminology covering fields such as astronomy astrophysics cosmology relativity geophysics meteorology Newtonian physics and oceanography. Authors and editors often assume - incorrectly - that readers are familiar with all the terms in professional literature. With over 4 000 definitions and 50 contributing authors this unique comprehensive dictionary helps scientists to use terminology correctly and to understand papers articles and books in which physics-related terms appear.