Dictionary of environmental science and technology / Andrew Porteous.
By: Porteous, Andrew
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Material type:
BookPublisher: [Chichester] ; New York : Wiley, 1992Edition: Rev. ed.Description: xiv, 439 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0471935441 .Subject(s): Environmental sciences -- Dictionaries | Sanitary engineering -- DictionariesDDC classification: 333.7203
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 333.7203 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00028292 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Revised, including additional new and expanded entries, it provides users with a working knowledge of the scientific and technical terminology associated with environmental studies and related issues. Features illuminating tables and diagrams, a directory of organizations plus a guide to further reading. Will stimulate and inform everyone concerned with the world's environmental crisis.
Previous ed.: Milton Keynes : Open University, 1991.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface to Fourth Edition
- Preface to Third Edition
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- The Dictionary
- Appendix I Pollution and the environment รป organizations
- Appendix II The Periodic TableTable of Chemical Elements
- Appendix III Table of Prefixes for SI units
- Appendix IV Conversion table for SI and British units