Product Description

Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition of this popular dictionary is the ideal reference resource for students of chemistry, either at school or at university. With over 4,700 entires - over 200 new to this edition - it covers all aspects of chemistry, from physical chemistry to biochemistry. The sixth edition boasts broader coverage in subject areas such as forensics, metallurgy, materials science, and geology, increasing the dictionary's appeal to students in these related fields. There are also biographical entries on key figures, highlighted entries on major topics such as polymers and crystal defects, and a chronology charting the main discoveries in atomic theory, biochemistry, explosives, and plastics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #110316 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

About the Author
John Daintith at Market House Books Ltd, Aylesbury.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!!!
A dictionary of exceptional quality - I've found it very useful while reading through my A-level chem textbooks to explain some of the terms I come across quickly and concisely. Absolutley marvellous!!

Contains too many mistakes
It's hard to review a dictionary since you never read anything like all of it. But in my short time using this, I've already come across too many mistakes.

Examples: the entry on "orbitals" tells us that ethyne uses sp2 orbitals - when in fact it uses sp orbitals. This entry also has a diagram showing ethene using sp3 orbitals, which is also wrong.

Or the entry on "monosacchararides" - this contains diagrams of fructose in open and ring formation, yet in ring formation their diagram contains one more oxygen! I've checked with a proper textbook, and this dictionary has simply added an -OH group where no -OH group should be.