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Words of Science and the History behind Them

Author:
Isaac Asimov (author)
Language:
English
Original language:
English
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Categories:
Encyclopedia and science
Publication year:
1959
Pages:
266
Synopsis:

An alphabetical listing of common words in science, with one page of explanation for each of them.

Review:

Asimov explains a whole bunch of common scientific words, from abacus to zodiac, in great detail and with particular care to their etymologies (it should be no surprise that many of today's English words are derived from either Latin or Greek, and this book makes that point more than clear). The book is in a sense an encyclopedia, and it can be read straight through or used as, well, an encyclopedia.

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