Download or read book Dictionary of the Physical Sciences written by Cesare Emiliani and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1987 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary provides cdefinitions of terms from chemistry, physics, the geological sciences, and astronomy. Symbols and abbreviations are spelled out, and any unfamiliar terms used in making the definitions are themselves defined in the dictionary.