This is an excellent work, both for the general public and for physicists. Entries are usually brief, but some are one-half page. H. Dictionary of Effects and Phenomena in Physics . Presents an overview of about 400 effects and phenomena, a bibliography, a chronology of effects and information about the discoveries of effects. The most important work to cover the literature of physics.
Articles are extremely comprehensive and contain extensive bibliographic references.
J. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics and Mathematics . Short definitions, each of which is preceded by an abbreviation denoting the fields in which they are used. K. A Dictionary of Scientific Units . Four hundred entries, alphabetically arranged. L. Concise Dictionary of Physics and Related Subjects .