Dictionary of physics

Author(s)

• Gray, Joseph Henry
• Isaacs, Alan

Bibliographic Information

Dictionary of physics

edited by H.J. Gray, Alan Isaacs

Longman, 1991

3rd ed

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This intermediate reference work on physics is designed to reflect the advances made in the field over the past 15 years. Maintaining entries of historical interest, it covers such topics as SI units, chemical elements, symbols used, the Greek alphabet and Nobel Prize winners.

Table of Contents

• Coversion factors
• base SI units
• derived SI units with special needs
• prefixes used with SI units
• fundamental constants
• symbols used in electronics
• spectrum of electromagnetic radiation
• long-lived elementary particles
• the chemical elements
• the periodic table of the elements
• the radioactive decay series
• symbols for physical quantites
• the Greek alphabet
• Nobel Prize winners in physics.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA13183304
• ISBN:
  • 0582037972
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 636 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 530