Illustrated encyclopedia of applied and engineering physics
By: Robert Splinter
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781498740784; 9781498740821; 9781498740838
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Physics; Dictionaries
Description: "This reference offers a handy and self-contained guide to specialized terminology and scientific jargon applicable to fields in applied physical sciences and engineering. It includes more than 20,000 entries, with key terms extensively illustrated. Entries give both the core definition and further nuanced meanings relative to particular applications. A subject index categorizes entries within core areas such as optics, biophysics, electricity and magnetism, energy, fluid dynamics, geophysics, nanotechnology, medical physics, computational physics and thermodynamics. Cross-references and alternate terms are provided"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: volume 1. A-G; title: volume 2. H-O; title: volume 3. P-Z.