Overview

An indispensable guide for editors authors and reviewers who want to understand the scientific terms used in the widest variety of fields. Quantities Symbols Units and Abbreviations in Life Sciences provides easy access to universally accepted symbols units abbreviations and measures of quantity for your scientific communications in the life sciences. Drawing on the authority of the various nomenclatural committees of the many international societies in bioscience as well as on the editors of prestigious scientific journals and on eminent individuals active in scientific publishing Arnost Kotyk brings together the most up-to-date recommendations for using units symbols abbreviations and acronyms in the biosciences. The diverse scope of disciplines include biochemistry molecular biology medicine genetics immunology and virology plus appropriate sections on mathematics physics and chemistry. This book grants authors and editors the security of knowing that their work will enjoy a high level of understandability among their colleagues. Reference librarians will also find Quantities Symbols Units and Abbreviations in Life Sciences a valuable tool for translating unknown acronyms and abbreviations.

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Author:   Arnost Kotyk
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780896036499

ISBN 10:   0896036499
Pages:   130
Publication Date:   01 April 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Mathematics.- Statistics.- Physics.- Chemistry and Biology.- General Chemistry.- Physical Chemistry.- Organic and Structural Chemistry.- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.- Cell Biology.- Genetics.- Taxonomy.- Virology.- Microbiology.- Plant Physiology.- Animal Physiology.- Pharmacology.- Immunology.- Medicine.- Soil Biology.- Paleontology.- Psychology.- Notes on Abbreviations in General Use in Scientific Writing.

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...a must for editors, and a very useful one for everybody from cell biologists to psychologists in the life sciences. A copy should certainly be in most libraries, and readily available wherever papers, theses, reports and abstracts are being written. -Cell Biology International ...This book is an essential resource for authors and editors of biological literature and should be in any library supporting such work. -American Reference Books Annual

This authoritative guide has proved useful in the Editorial Office, as it covers a wide variety of disciplines...this is a pretty good reference text that many authors and editors will find helpful, especially when straying into a new subject. - Microbiology Today The book Quantities, Symbols, Units, and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences is a reliable compilation of the most up-to-date recommendations for using units, symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms in scientific publications across the biological sciences. This essential reference provides authors and editors with easy access to the authoritative usage of the universally accepted terms they need for clear scientific communication. - Cellular and Molecular Biology

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