Dictionary of the Physical Sciences

This dictionary consists of text and tables covering all of the areas that are fundamental to understanding our physical world and life within it. Included are physics - classical relativistic quantum particle and high-energy; chemistry - inorganic organic and physical; the geological sciences - geology geophysics oceanography meteorology palaeontology and related areas of molecular genetic and evolutionary biology; and cosmology - including astronomy astrophysics and the genesis and evolution of the universe.The text features not only definitions but also explanations formulas and data. Entries best presented in tabular form are found in 70 tables that follow the text. The 5000 definitions are both concise and rigorous abbreviations are spelled out and unfamiliar terms are themselves defined.