Reference : Dictionaries

In a fast-moving technical and business environment like the Internet only exactitude can guarantee success. An 'almost correct' specification is a wrong specification. Make total accuracy your signature with this invaluable guide. It offers detailed definitions of the bewildering array of terms and phrases relating to e-Business and the Internet, plus short articles to explain more complex topics. Covering both business-related and technology terms, you'll never fall victim to fuzzy thinking again. Fully updated to cover new and emerging areas such as wireless and mobile technologies, this new edition will be your constant companion. No need to risk disastrous misinterpretation when you can have total accuracy at your fingertips. more...

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From acid rain, CFCs, and the greenhouse effect to the food-chain and the gene bank, Oxford's thoroughly up-to-date dictionary provides entries on all aspects of ecology and the environmental sciences. It covers a vast range of subjects, from plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, evolution, environmental pollution, and conservation to climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, and oceanography. It includes developments in this rapidly evolving field, particularly in the areas of molecular ecology, conservation, and the management of habitats, and has biographical notes on eminent ecologists and other scientists. An invaluable reference tool for students, professionals, and anyone with an interest in the natural world and our environment. more...

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Focusing on energy and its role in society, this reference integrates the social, natural, physical, environmental, health, management, and engineering sciences, and crosses the academic disciplines and the aspects of energy. Co-written by the editor-in-chief of "Encyclopaedia of Energy", it also provides explanations of key terms. more...

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Derived from the content of the respected McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a specific discipline. All include:. * Pronunciation guide for every term. * Acronyms, cross-references, and abbreviations. * Appendices with conversion tables; listings of scientific, technical, and mathematical notation; tables of relevant data; and more. * A convenient, quick-find format. more...

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This dictionary has been revised to include the definitions of over 8,000 terms from all aspects of ecology and environmental fields, including climate, pollution, waste disposal and energy conservation. more...

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