Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Etc.
Physics
- Contains 4,000 entries, including biographies of prominent scientists.
- Published in 2000 by Oxford.
The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Physics
- Some definitions include illustrations or diagrams.
- Published in 2004 by Helicon.
Astronomy
- Contains over 4,000 entries.
- More recent additions include recent space missions and recently named Solar System onjects, international coverage of telescopes and observatories and biographical entries on eminent astronomers from Copernicus to Edwin Hubble.
- Published in 2003 by Oxford.
Hutchinson Trends in Science: Astronomy.
- Contains a chronology of discoveries in astronomy, biographical sketches of prominent scientists, a directory of organizations and institutions, important websites, and statistics about constellations, meteorites, comets, space exploration and telescopes.
- Published in 2004 by Helicon.
General Science
- Covers biology, genetics, microbiology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, engineering, technology, geology, weather, archaeology, psychology, mathematics, and medicine.
- Published in 2004 by Gale.
Scientific American Science Desk Reference
- Covers measurement, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth science, ecology, biology, computer science and technology.
- Each section contains a subject overview, chronology, biographies of important figures, glossary of key terms and sources of further reading.
- Published in 1999 by Wiley.
- Contains 1,300 entries ranging from Archimedes and Copernicus to Stephen Hawking and Stephen Jay Gould.
- Covers all areas of science, from physics and astronomy to medicine and ecology, including key figures in the fields of mathematics and technology.
- Includes coverage of all Nobel Laureates in physics, chemistry, physiology, and medicine.
- Published in 1999 by Oxford.
