Oxford University Press, 2008. — 576 p. — ISBN: 978–0–19–920463–2
This dictionary was originally derived from the Concise Science Dictionary, first published by Oxford University Press in 1984 (fifth edition, retitled Dictionary of Science, 2005). It consisted of all the entries relating to chemistry in this dictionary, including physical chemistry, as well as many of the terms used in biochemistry. Subsequent editions included special feature articles on
important topics as well as several chronologies tracing the history of some topics and short biographical entries on the chemists and other scientists who have been responsible for the development of the subject. For this sixth edition the text has been fully revised and some entries have been substantially expanded. In addition over 350 new entries have been added covering all branches of the subject. The coverage of certain fields, in particular biochemistry, forensic chemistry, and chemoinformatics, has been expanded. A further improvement has been the inclusion of about 90 additional chemical structures.
Credits
DictionaryAtomic Theory Chronology
Biochemistry Chronology
Crystal Defects (Feature)
Explosives Chronology
Plastics Chronology
Polymers (Feature)
AppendicesThe Greek alphabet
Fundamental constants
SI units
The electromagnetic spectrum
The periodic table
The chemical elements
Nobel prizes in chemistry
Useful websites