Elsevier's Dictionary of Acronyms, Initialisms, Abbreviations and Symbols

By K.A. Moll

Hardbound. This dictionary sheds light on the intricate world of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, symbols and codes. It includes over 10,000 of them and covers over 500 fields and subfields. The French and Italian abbreviations included have the English equivalents. The dictionary is supplemented by useful appendices with hundreds of additional acronyms and initialisms of banks, research institutes, centres for promoting studies, foundations, fellowships etc., which are now in current use.This dictionary is an indispensable tool in the everyday professional life of students, biologists, engineers, translators, scholars, physicians, physicists and many more. It is also of immense value worldwide to researchers and computer users, as well as to all those people interested in keeping abreast of developments, particularly in science and technology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444825894
• ISBN13: 9780444825896
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.8"