- Hardcover: 472 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (April 9 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521660777
- ISBN-13: 978-0521660778
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.9 x 3.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Written by a space technology consultant, this dictionary is intended for both the specialist and interested layperson. Emphasis is on defining words or phrases rather than providing background information. The approximately 2,300 alphabetically arranged entries are concise and well written, averaging from one sentence to a paragraph in length.
All aspects of space technology are covered. There are terms applying to spacecraft technology (aerobraking, heat sink), communications (background noise, decryption), propulsion (apogee engine, pyrotechnic valve), manned and unmanned spaceflight (Apollo, cosmonaut, Mars Pathfinder), space centers and organizations (Cape Canaveral, Intersputnik), and more. There are no biographies of individuals important to space technology, such as astronauts, physicists, or engineers.
Numerous cross-references guide the user from one entry to another. A few black-and-white line drawings and photographs supplement the text. A "Classified List of Dictionary Entries" groups entries under general headings. There are no references or bibliography. Because there is very little white space between entries and both entry headings and cross-references are printed in the same typeface, it can be hard to distinguish where one entry ends and another begins.
The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology is a revised and expanded edition of a dictionary first published by the Institute of Physics Publishing in 1990. It is particularly recommended for special or academic libraries. Because of the Cambridge title's design and fairly technical language, public and high-school libraries might do better with Facts On File's Dictionary of Space Technology (1999). RBB
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"Mark Williamson's The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology is an essential, indispensable, core addition to school, community, and professional reference libraries.... [It] is a seminal, basic, exhaustive, very highly recommended reference." The Bookwatch
"Williamson, an expert in space technology, writes descriptive, easily understandable definitions suitable for both specialists and general readers. Recommended for all libraries." CHOICE Nov 2001
"This dictionary is a comprehensive reference.... The extraordinary breadth of coverage ensures that there are entries on all major space technology subject areas. While the emphasis on each entry is on defining the meaning of the word or phrase, entries have been written with the intention of enhancing the understanding of the subject for a variety of users, ranging from the practicing specialist to the layperson to the student." Science Books and Films
"Williamson, an expert in space technology, writes descriptive, easily understandable definitions suitable for both specialists and general readers. Recommended for all libraries." CHOICE Nov 2001
"This dictionary is a comprehensive reference.... The extraordinary breadth of coverage ensures that there are entries on all major space technology subject areas. While the emphasis on each entry is on defining the meaning of the word or phrase, entries have been written with the intention of enhancing the understanding of the subject for a variety of users, ranging from the practicing specialist to the layperson to the student." Science Books and Films
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With 2300 entires covering all aspects of the technologies associatied with the exploration of space, Mark Williamson's The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is an essential, indispensable, core addition to school, community, and professional reference libraries. This thoroughly "user friendly" compendium features extensive cross-referencing and thorough descriptions, as well as classified lists of entries grouped under subject headings. Included are succinct, informative presentatons on the technologies of spacecraft, communicaitons, propulsions, launch vehicles; space shuttles, manned and unmanned spaceflights, materials, propellants, orbits, physics and astronomy, space centres and organizations. The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is a seminal, basic, exhaustive, very highly recommended reference.
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This review is from: The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology (Hardcover)
With 2300 entires covering all aspects of the technologies associatied with the exploration of space, Mark Williamson's The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is an essential, indispensable, core addition to school, community, and professional reference libraries. This thoroughly "user friendly" compendium features extensive cross-referencing and thorough descriptions, as well as classified lists of entries grouped under subject headings. Included are succinct, informative presentatons on the technologies of spacecraft, communicaitons, propulsions, launch vehicles; space shuttles, manned and unmanned spaceflights, materials, propellants, orbits, physics and astronomy, space centres and organizations. The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is a seminal, basic, exhaustive, very highly recommended reference.
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