A Dictionary of Physics (Oxford Quick Reference)

Comprehensive and up to date, this fourth edition is the ideal reference tool for students of physics, either at school or at university. Containing many new entries, and now with biographies of key scientists, it covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts of physics.

-- Over 4,000 clear and concise entries

-- New entries include group theory, radioisotope imaging, fractional quantum Hall effect, and Lorentz force

-- Feature articles on important topics -- Chronologies chart discoveries in main fields of the subject