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1 online resource |
| Summary |
Includes more than 9,700 entries that provide scientists, science writers, and all who work in scientific publishing with a clear style guide for the presentation of scientific information. Reflects widely accepted usage and follows the recommendations of international scientific bodies such as IUPAC and IUPAP. The dictionary gives clear guidance on such matters as spellings (American English and British English), punctuation, abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes, units and quantities, and symbols. Of interest to students, professionals, and publishers working with writing in the fields of physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, astronomy, mathematics, and computer science |
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"Adapted from The Oxford dictionary for scientific writers and editors, edited by Alan Isaacs, John Daintith, and Elizabeth Martin." |
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Previous edition: Oxford: Clarendon, 1991 |
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Title from home page, viewed on April 14, 2009 |
| Subject |
English language -- Technical English -- Dictionaries.
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Technical editing -- Dictionaries.
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Technical writing -- Dictionaries.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, E. A. (Elizabeth A.)
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Oxford University Press.
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| ISBN |
019172727X (electronic book) |
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0199545154 (print) |
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9780191727276 (electronic book) |
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9780199545155 (print) |
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