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ACADEMIC PRESS DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Edited By
Christopher Morris, Lexicographer, Morris Books, Escondido, California, USA

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--MEDICAL REFERENCES SVC QUARTERLY
"This attractively illustrated and comprehensive work will complement the scientific reference shelf of many types of library...As a dictionary, this work has no up-to-date rivals."



--BOOKLIST/REFERENCE BOOKS BULLETIN
"Has a place on all reference shelves...Outstanding...Easy to use...The Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology captures the terminology of today and gives modern definitions...Highly recommended."



--CHOICE
"This will now be the dictionary of choice for up-to-date terminology...Important for research level reference collections."



--RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY
"The most comprehensive of its kind...The definitions...are concise and to the point...A valuable reference tool."



--Joseph K. Slap in VERBATIM,
"There are indeed many excellent definitions, plus the short essays by eminent scientists in different disciplines. There are also several sections of supplementary information, some of which might be of interest to people who are not involved daily with those particular fields."



--VETERINARY HUMAN TOXICOLOGY
"With more than 133,000 entries, this dictionary has available one of the largest and most up-to-date scientific vocabularies. This dictionary would be of use to practicing scientists and professionals in all the fields of science."



--The Cincinnati Enquirer, March 30, 2000, TEMPO, pgE03.
"Even the real technologists sometimes stumble over a word or a definiion these days as technology explodes and the terms that describe techniques and technologies are coined. If you'd like to know what all those new terms mean, you'll really profit from a visit to www.harourt.com-dictionary-,where you'll find the excellent Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. More than 130,000 terms are defined here, and new ones are added regularly."



--BOOKLIST/REFERENCE BOOKS BULLETIN
"The Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology captures the terminology of today and gives modern definitions. This dictionary is highly recommended for all public, academic, and high school libraries."



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