This reference source for students, teachers and everybody with a professional or amateur interest in astronomy contains over 3500 entries and describes the range of astronomical bodies, both well-known and newly discovered. It includes descriptions of observational techniques and of instruments and observatories, both ground-based and in space, and it gives the theories about the origin and evolution of the universe.
Offers definitions for every area of physics - from optics and acoustics to mechanics and electronics, via quantum theory and relativity. Suitable for students, teachers, scientists, doctors, technicians and technologists, this title provides definitions of 4600 terms and concepts, with explanatory diagrams and an appendix of scientific tables.
Students, teachers, technicians and technologists in the field of electronics will find this dictionary an invaluable source of authoritative descriptions and definitions. These include entries on the microchip, injection laser, graphic equalizer, compact disc, digital recording and DAT. Full coverage is given to solid-state devices and circuits, semiconductors and semiconductor technology - TEGFET, TED, microfaceting, lapping, mesa, via - and to new analytical techniques, including electron microprobe, photoelectron spectroscopy, LEED and SXAPS. Workers in such associated fields as physics, telecommunications, television and computer technology will therefore find it equally useful as a guide to the current position of solid-state technology. SI units are used throughout the dictionary, although some non-SI units are used where they are generally accepted
Searchable dictionary database of computer terminology, covering computer applications in industry, the office, science, education, and the home, the hardware, software, and telecommunications behind these applications