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Title: McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of physics

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OSTI ID:6240647

This Encyclopedia is thoroughly comprehensive and up to date. The 760 alphabetically arranged articles, written by the leading international authorities on each of the subjects, were selected from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (5th ed., 1982). The text is supplemented by more than 1000 drawings, graphs, charts, and photographs. All information is readily accessible through a detailed analytical index and by the use of cross-references. Bibliographies provide lists of references for further reading. The Appendix includes International System (SI) conversion tables, a listing of mathematical notation, a table of fundamental constants, and a periodic table of elements.

OSTI ID:
6240647
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English