This is the best single-volume reference book available to students and professionals alike. An indispensable tool for students of all levels, THE NEW PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE covers a wide range of terms used in physics, mathematics, chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry and astronomy, along with useful references to geology and anatomy. Up-to-date, accessible and packed with definitions for those needing information in or even outside their own field of study, this is the scientific dictionary for the millennium.