McGraw-Hill dictionary of bioscience / edited by Sybil P. Parker.

Contributor(s): Parker, Sybil P [editor].

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BookPublisher: New York ; London : McGraw HIll, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: xiii, 511 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0070524300 (paperback); 9780070524309 (paperback).Subject(s): Biology -- Dictionaries

| Life sciences -- Dictionaries

DDC classification: 570.03

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference	MTU Bishopstown Library Reference	570.03 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Reference		00068771

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This refernce book defines nearly 16,000 essential terms covering the fields of embryology, physiology, anatomy, morphology, taxonomy, genetics, immunology, evolution and molecular biology.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

The four titles listed here have been extracted without change from McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, fifth edition (CH, May'94). Each runs about 500 pages in length and has a generous vocabulary (for earth science, more than 10,000 terms; bioscience, more than 17,000; chemistry, more than 8,000; and physics, more than 9,000, all publisher's estimates). The illustrations that were an important feature of the basic dictionary have been dropped. Each title also has appendixes of conversion factors and other tables of importance to the topic (e.g., for geology, classes of igneous rocks; for physics, crystal lattice diagrams). Although these subject dictionaries may have utility in special collections, most libraries will prefer the parent dictionary, especially since it costs little more than their combined prices; those that own it need not bother with these. R. Balay; Choice