The Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science (Facts on File Science Dictionaries) - Hardcover

Wyman, Bruce C.; Stevenson, L. Harold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816064377 ISBN 13: 9780816064373

Verlag: Facts On File Inc, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

The Facts On File Dictionary of Environmental Science, Third Edition contains more than 5,000 cross-referenced entries, reflecting the breadth of the field, which includes agriculture, biology, chemistry, engineering, geology, government, law, medicine, microbiology, and toxicology. Revised and expanded by more than 450 new terms, this comprehensive volume offers entries on people who are important to environmental management, locations of notable environmental episodes, organizations, and governmental agencies and programs.
In addition to more than 15 new line drawings, the dictionary contains 14 helpful appendixes, presenting additional information on acronyms and abbreviations; unit prefixes; approximate unit equivalents; concentrations; standard human factors; plastic recycling codes; statistics about Earth, the atmosphere, and water; the chemical elements; and the Greek alphabet.
The Facts On File Dictionary of Environmental Science, Third Edition will benefit students, teachers, science and technical writers, or others looking for an ideal guide to this interdisciplinary and sometimes controversial field.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

L. Harold Stevenson is professor of environmental science at McNeese State University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Facts On File Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0816064377
• ISBN 13: 9780816064373
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 498
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