Looking for quick definitions and summaries of scientific terms and topics? Check out the Dictionary of Science, a new addition to the Library’s Knovel database.
This dictionary contains 9,200 entries organized alphabetically on topics in biology, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, and astronomy, including over 160 short biographies of leading scientists throughout history.
In addition to basic entries, the dictionary also includes a selection of chronologies and illustrated features on topics of interest to modern science, including the following:
The dictionary also includes eight useful appendices on the topics of SI units, fundamental constants, the solar system, geological time scale, simplified classification of land plants, simplified classification of the animal kingdom, and the periodical table.
It is an ideal reference work for students. You can access this concise and wide-ranging dictionary via the Library's Online Reference Shelf and Primo. You can also link to it within UW-ACE using the following URL:
http://proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/login?url=http%3A//app.streamsend.com/c/13895119/32260/hIrNycV/ODZv?redirect_to=http%3A//www.knovel.com/web/portal/basic_search/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_bookid=3287
For more information, contact:
Biology and Chemical Engineering Librarian, Davis Library
Ext. 36917
University of Waterloo Library
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519 888 4883
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