Over 2,500 entries Based on the highly praised Oxford Dictionary of Art , this is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western Art from ancient Greece to the present day. Written in clear, lively prose, this invaluable reference maintains a careful balance between fact and appraisal. In its pages ... more »

Over 1,300 entries From Archimedes and Copernicus to Stephen Hawking and Stephen Jay Gould, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date biographical dictionary of scientists currently available. Spanning over 2,500 years, it covers all areas of science, from physics and astronomy to medicine and ecology ... more »

Over 1,000 entries This invaluable work includes the best-known proverbs in the English language from around the world. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides the fascinating history behind our proverbs. Discover the story behind 'Never say never', 'It takes one to know one', 'The devil is ... more »

Over 2,500 fully-updated entries , including 73 additions, covering the most recent terms and concepts such as e-commerce and the euro Clear explanations of all aspects of economic theory, from microeconomics to public finance and international trade International coverage of economic organizations and ... more »

6,000 entries This invaluable dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of words and terms encountered in both human and physical geography. Each of the entries provides an initial brief definition followed by a more in-depth explanation. It covers a vast range of subjects, including cartography, surveying ... more »

Beschreibung: Über 120.000 Stichwörter und Wendungen. Aktuell: Ob - Cybercafé, Edutainment, Wochenendticket oder Zinsabschlagsteuer -- die treffende Übersetzung ist gesichert Umfassend: Mit umfangreichem Wortschatz auch aus den Ländern Lateinamerikas Ausführlich: Mit internationaler Lautschrift zu jedem ... more »

Comprehensive and up to date, this fourth edition is the ideal reference tool for students of physics, either at school or at university. Containing many new entries, and now with biographies of key scientists, it covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts of physics. more »

300,000 entries This thesaurus covers nearly one-third of a million alternative and opposite words. The most useful alternative word is given first, opposites and related terms are clearly marked, and thousands of example sentences help users select the right word. There is clear labelling of informal ... more »

From Aristotle to Zen, this is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date dictionary of philosophy available. Ideal for students or a general readership, it provides lively and accessible coverage of not only the Western philosophical tradition but also important themes from Chinese, Indian ... more »

1,000 entries English grammar has changed a great deal since the beginning of the twentieth century, and it is a subject that can provide a complex minefield of uncertainties within the language. This accessible and comprehensive dictionary comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student ... more »

Over 1,000 entries Containing over 1,000 of the most troublesome literary terms encountered by students and general readers, this gem of a book gives clear and often witty explanations to terms such as hypertext, multi-accentuality, and postmodernism. It is fully updated to include terms that have become ... more »

This is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of sociology available in a single volume. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded, incorporating many new entries, including several substantial essays. Designed to meet the needs of those new to the subject, it will also ... more »