Product Description
A printer's error in the August 2005 printing of the Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage led to the majority of the diacritics being deleted, creating errors and rendering the dictionary unusable. These faulty books have all been recalled and are now completely replaced with new, corrected books. This convenient pocket dictionary--an abridged and updated edition of the acclaimed Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage--is designed for both the English speaker learning Arabic and the Arabic speaker learning English. It records the different levels of usage found in newspapers, radio, television, and films, providing major Arabic dialectal equivalents for familiar, colloquial, and slang words. Ideal for the student or traveler, the dictionary includes: * Nearly 40,000 entries providing English headwords with multiple meanings and their nearest Arabic equivalent * For Arabic speakers: phonetic equivalents for headwords, phrases illustrating unexpected and alien idioms, and explanations of headwords denoting concepts new to the Arab world * For English speakers: vowels and diacritics included in the Arabic text, irregular plurals of nouns, and simple verb conjugations in the imperfect tense * Meticulously transcribed Arabic characters for easy reading
Customer Reviews:
Defects.......2006-11-10
I ordered this dictionary twice, and both times it came with severe printing defects (dots missing on many Arabic letters, making everything unreadable). I finally returned it and am contemplating what other dictionary to buy. Content-wise, it also didn't look so impressive, there were a lot of words you would think it should have that weren't in there.
Do Not Buy This Dictionary.......2006-08-21
This is a terrible dictionary. Many of the words are spelled incorrectly and many of the definitions, while technically correct, are absolutely nonsensical.
Shell out a little more for a lot more quality.......2006-05-02
i'm very sorry i bought this book. It may be concise, and it may be cheaper, but one shouldn't sacrifice spelling for saving a few dollars! The concise edition drops the dots off many of the letters, thus either misspelling the word or creating letters that don't exist. i borrowed the full-sized edition and found it to be fine. Don't waste your money and your sanity on this version!
The best one I have found.......2005-11-20
This is the best Arabic dictionary I have found so far, but I still have a couple complaints about it. There are a few things missing, like the names of countries, and sometimes the print is small and hard to read. The Al-Mawrid dictionary is more complete, but can be overwhelming, especially for new students, becuase when you look up an English word, it lists a whole bunch of Arabic words and it is hard to figure out which on is the right word. This dictionary, however, has very clear explaination on when to use what word. I would give it five stars if it were a little bit more comprehensive. For the serious Arabic student, this is the best English-Arabic dictionary out there.
For a companion to this, I suggest the Hans-Wehr. Someone complained that this dictionary only included English-Arabic, but that is common for serious acedemic dictionaries though, because it would be huge dictionary if both were included in one volume.
Not the best dictionary you can buy..........2005-07-30
While this dictionary does contain a lot of entries, it is English to Arabic only; there is no Arabic to English. It does however show the short vowels, though the script is a little frustratingly small. I took it back once I found out it was only a one-way dictionary. The Arabic Practical Dictionary by Hippocrene is much better (though it doesnt' show short vowels however).
Book Description
This is a major new edition of the world-famous Concise Oxford English Dictionary, published together with a fully up-to-date text of the dictionary on CD-ROM, containing over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 1,800 new words. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary, and provides hundreds of helpful notes on grammar and usage. The CD-ROM version of the dictionary offers full-text search functionality, instant look-up from WindowsRG documents, including email and the Internet, high-quality spoken pronunciations for thousands of words, and interactive educational word games, making it ideal for family use, as well as for homework and school use. New to this edition is a fascinating Word Histories feature, telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of hundreds of words. For example, did you know that the word grammar is related to glamour, or that cockney used to mean a spoilt child? This dictionary contains full appendices on topics such as alphabets, currencies, electronic English, and the registers of language, from formal to slang, plus a useful Guide to Good English with advice on grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Customer Reviews:
Not exactly what I'd hoped for..........2007-05-15
I am an English major and getting ready to go into a Master's degree. I had done extensive research on concise OED's and thought this one sounded the best. I was really hoping to get more backround info on words and more complete definitions. Perhaps there are too many words and just not enough pages! I am still happy to have it and have used it, but it is better for Boggle than anything so far!
Excellence.......2007-04-10
The delivery was quick, and the book in perfect shape. I enjoy ordering from Amazon because their website gives you a lot of choice, you know what you are getting, the price is good - it is just an all 'round good experience!
Good enough.......2007-01-09
This dictionary is complete and good enough for what I want. I am totally satisfied!
Concise is a good discription.......2006-11-04
The dictionary is a good quick reference for checking spelling or usage. Keep in mind that they the definitions are a lot shorter than a standard dictionary.
Many, very short (!) definitions.......2006-09-13
From the point of view of a learner of the English language (advanced level), as I am, I have to admit that this dictionary is not as good as I expected.
Of course, the amount of words and phrases is extensive with about 240,000. Nonetheless, this dictionary is not called 'concise' just for the fun of it. It is in some cases too concise, using defining words I don't even understand or which are the same as in the word I looked up in the first place.
Thus, my expressed recommendation goes to the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, which only uses a "strictly controlled 2000-word Defining Vocabulary" ensuring a high level of understanding.
Book Description
This new edition of the Oxford Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the most recent developments in English and Chinese. An ideal tool for study, the dictionary now provides authoritative coverage of over 26,000 words and
phrases from every major field of reference, including science and technology, in addition to core general vocabulary. Simplified and orthodox Chinese characters are used throughout the dictionary, and thousands of examples illustrate and expand on how and when a word can be used. Also including a
guide to the most commonly used radicals and an additional key to the pronunciation of Chinese, this dictionary is an indispensable reference tool.
Customer Reviews:
3rd edition print WAY TOO SMALL.......2006-12-29
I saw comments that the print in the third edition was too small, but I bought it anyway. Big mistake. The print is so small that the dictionary is virtually useless. It's about 5-6 point type. I need a magnifying glass to read it, and complex Chinese characters come out as little more than a black blob, even with a magnifying glass, because the characters can't be printed that small. Don't buy this dictionary!!!!
The only reason I gave it a "2" rather than a "1" is that the content seems okay (as much as I can see of it, anyway).
Very, very good..........2006-12-11
This dictionary is absolutely great. I have owned a number of copies over the years, and it is just the only dictionary to have when you are on the road in China.
I have inspected many, many Chinese dictionaries over the years in the never ending quest for better Mandarin resources, and I have always been disappointed with other dictionaries of a similar (and sometimes much larger!) size - they always have too few entries or too few examples to be of practical use.
I notice that one or two reviewers have commented on the size of the dictionary, so if you are looking for a huge, weighty tome to sit on your desk (and not take with you anywhere), then this may not be the dictionary for you. But if you are looking for a fabulous little dictionary with tens of thousands (including jiantizi and fantizi) of entries that will not let you down either during study or in the wilds of China then this is definitely the one for you.
Not as expected, Much too small for everyday use.......2006-06-29
I only gave the third edition of the book a 1 star partially to gather attention of new buyers. Please note the content is very similar to the second edition but has one major flaw. The physical and print size is about half that of the second edition making it hard to read and use as a functional at home dictionary. I recomend anyone needing a dictionary with traditional (very hard to find a good one) to buy the larger "Oxford Chinese Dictionary" ISBN: 0195964594.
Too small to be of use!.......2006-03-11
I was expecting this edition to be the same size as the second edition. However, it is so small as to be essentially useless! Recommend Amazon.com discontinue this item to avoid having a great number of disappointed or even hostile customers.
Reliable small dictionary.......2005-11-08
This is the dictionary I usually use when visiting China. It has a lot of contents for the price. Multiple definitions are given for most words, sometimes with illustrative sentences. Pinyin, simplified and traditional characters are shown for all entries in both directions. There is also a radical index to help you find the pinyin equivalents of characters. (A stroke-count index, such as in some Taiwan dictionaries, would have been a helpful addition.) The fonts used are a bit small throughout, however.
One complaint I have that isn't unique to this dictionary concerns a word of great importance to a traveler -- "hotel". Check the E-to-C section of this and most other dictionaries, and you'll find only one gloss: "lu3guan3" (number indicate tones). This is also the word used in the Berlitz Chinese phrase book, BTW. But all but one of the dozen or so different places I've stayed at in Beijing & Shanghai have been called "fan4dian4", and the exception was a "jiu3dian4" (Pudong Shangri-La). "Fandian" is also the word taxi drivers use and respond to. Sure enough, if you look up "fandian" in the C-to-E section of the Concise Dictionary and several others, you'll find it glossed as "hotel". Why there isn't more symmetry regarding this important entry beats me.
By the way, if you're visiting a major city in China, consider winging it on a phrase book until you can visit a large bookstore. The Concise Dictionary 3E is widely available there in a convenient vinyl-covered pocket edition for Y36 = about US$4.50.
Book Description
From Baroque to Postmodernism, batik to mezzotint, and canvas to porcelain, this new dictionary provides succinct and accessible explanations of over 1,800 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world. * Extensive coverage of periods and styles throughout art history * Includes many materials, techniques, technical and foreign terms * Also explains philosophical terms and methodologies
Customer Reviews:
GREAT FOR LOOKING UP TERMS FAST!.......2007-05-14
THIS BOOK IS GREAT FOR LOOKING UP TERMS FAST! I TOOK THE PRAXIS II ART TEST EARLIER THIS MONTH AND IT HELP REFRESH MY MEMORY TO SEVERAL KEY TERMS ON THE TEST. THOUGH I RECOMMEND ORDERING OTHER ART TEXT BOOKS IF STUDYING FOR A TEACHERS EXAM.
Book Description
Based on the highly acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, this is an indispensable guide for both students and the general reader. Over 5,000 entries provide full coverage of theology, patristic scholarship, churches and denominations, the church calendar and organization, and the Bible, as well as entries on theologians, philosophers, painters, musicians, and writers of religious works. The revised second edition has been fully updated to reflect recent changes in the church. It includes increased coverage of the church in Latin America, Eastern Churches, issues on moral theology, and developments stemming from the Second Vatican Council, Black Churches, Christian attitudes to Jews, Feminist Theology, Holiness Movement, Liberation Theology, and ordination of women. This handy, concise volume is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Christian history.
Customer Reviews:
A Mixed Bag.......2005-09-26
This book has a strong bias towards higher criticism. This need not have detracted from the value of the book. Higher criticism has, after all, been very mugh a part of the Christian Church during its more recent history, and has often enriched it.
In this case, however, it seriously influences the content of the book, and tends to exclude other perspectives. For instance, with regard to the Fall, the book notes that in the past Christians "regarded the Fall of Adam and Eve as a historical event" -- as though the belief were no longer common. With regard to angels, "the whole concept of such supernatural beings has been challenged" -- and demons receive no entry at all. Further, a great deal of the text is devoted to higher criticism issues. With regard to the resurrection, for example, nearly half the text deals with the way in which critics have "questioned its historicity" and the Gospels "disagree over the details".
A major strength of the book is its scope. For example, it has special entries for the Church in virtually all of the major countries of the world: the USA, Angola, Russia, Vietnam, and so on. It is also strong particularly on less common terms in the Church, which are precisely those which one might wish to look up, e.g. the illuminative way, or banns of marriage. However, it falls down on more recent Church history. For instance, it omits the Lausanne Congress, or Gustavo Gutierrez. Other important entries are merely skimmed over, e.g. the Keswick Convention (one sentence), or the Charismatic movement.
In short, this book would seem to be too fixated with issues of veracity, and to reflect too little of the true life of the Church over past millennia. For a scholar to whom issues of higher criticism are important, this may be just the book. Broadly speaking, however, it is a mixed bag.
Best Concise Guide to the Christian Church.......2005-09-04
Theology is no longer considered the "queen of the sciences" nor even the most challenging of academic disciplines. Both were asserted during the Middle Ages, and the modern student of the faith will find much truth in both assertions. While suprisingly small, this volume is the best available resource to all aspects of belief and practice; it is an invaluable aid to those beginning study for the first time.
Excellent reference for anyone interested in Christianity.......2001-02-16
This was a required book for my theology school class on the history of Christian thought seven years ago, and it has been one of my most well-used reference books ever since. I'm now a doctoral student in religion, and I keep this book next to my desk, with my Webster's dictionary, my Bible, and my "Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen." I almost always find what I'm looking for in this book, and the entries are clear and helpful, neither too short nor too long.
Although I occasionally covet the un-concise version of this dictionary and may ask Santa for it some Christmas, I wonder if I'd actually use the hefty hardback as much as I use this handy, concise paperback.
A Valuable Reference on the Christian Church.......2000-04-19
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is a readable, organized and comprehensive volume of 570 pages. It covers most topics needed for research from Aaron to Zwingli. There is also a list, in chronological order, of popes and antipopes; up to and including John Paul II. I have found the book to be especially useful in researching complicated topics such as the early councils and reformers of the late Middle Ages. Written in the usual high standard of the Oxford series, I have yet to find a topic that I was looking for not covered. Feasts, theologians,Biblical books and lives of the saints are among the five thousand topics covered. If you need to know the difference between "Urbs Beata Hierusalem" and "Urbs Sion Aurea", this is the book.
Book Description
Authoritative and up to date, this eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary on WindowsRG CD-ROM contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including all the latest new words. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary, and provides hundreds of helpful notes on grammar and usage. This electronic version of the dictionary offers full-text search functionality, instant look-up from WindowsRG documents, including email and the Web, high-quality spoken pronunciations for thousands of words, and interactive educational word games, making it ideal for family, school, or office use. New to this edition is a fascinating Word Histories feature, telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of hundreds of words. For example, did you know that the word grammar is related to glamour, or that cockney used to mean a spoilt child? This dictionary also contains full appendices on topics such as alphabets, currencies, electronic English, and the registers of language, from formal to slang, plus a useful Guide to Good English with advice on grammar, punctuation, and spelling. In addition, the electronic edition is Curriculum Online accredited, so it is government approved for use in the classroom from Key Stage 3 upwards.
Customer Reviews:
My "desktop" dictionary.......2006-01-15
I used to use the Random House Unabridged as my computer dictionary. But the Win95 version didn't work with XP, and the XP version was painfully slow. After looking around I chose the Concise OED as a replacement. I've been very happy with it, and I recommend it to anyone who uses their computer to write.
Book Description
This dictionary provides coverage of 120,000 words and phrases, and over 190,000 translations. It includes completely up-to-date treatment of contemporary Russian and English, including amniocentesis, global warming, information superhighway, multimedia, streetwise, and time-share. There is extra in-text grammatical information; extended constructions, complementation, and difficult points of grammar. It records Russian as it is used today, as there is special emphasis on modern idioms and colloquial usage with numerous illustrative examples. There is specialized coverage of common abbreviations and acronyms such as APC, HRT, PC, OMOH, and CKB, and coverage of British and American English. New to this edition is a guide to Russian language and culture on the World-Wide-Web. A new guide to email and the Internet offers a unique gateway to language and culture in the Russian-speaking world. There is also a Thematic wordfinder. This entirely new thematic wordfinder brings together the essential vocabulary from a broad range of subject areas including the environment, society, business and industry, communication, media, and the arts. Specially designed as a reference section for writing, it covers the key topics recquired by regional exam boards.
Customer Reviews:
Review of the Concise Oxford.......2007-08-08
Very good as far as bilingual dictionaries go. Just regret that I should have got the larger ones. It has also good grammar tips.
Good dictionary, could be better.......2006-09-05
Regarding the comment about the absence of the word "children" - I checked my copy and sure enough, the plural isn't listed under "child". However, a Russian user looking under the Russian word for children will find the English word "children". I believe the omission probably has to do with this being primarily oriented toward English-speaking users. Irregular plurals of Russian words do seem to be listed at the main entry, e.g. the plural (actually plurals) of the word for "child".
A friend gave me a copy of this dictionary and I use it mainly as a supplement to my main dictionary (Katzner's). The advantages of this one are that you are more likely to find a word such as an irregularly conjugated verb when you don't know the root. I still would like to see more cross-references in this regard.
The disadvantages of this dictionary are that there are no helpful tables for declension/conjugation as found in Katzner's. Also, Katzner's has a useful section on proper nouns (geographical and people's names), though the Oxford does list some proper names in the main section. And as someone else mentioned, there is no indication when a Russian word isn't pronounced as expected from the spelling (Katzner's does show the pronunciation in these cases).
I bought a copy of this dictionary for a Russian-speaking friend who is studying English, but as I mentioned it does seem to be primarily oriented toward English-speaking users and does have some limitations for Russian speakers. All the explanatory text, for example, is in English. But I think the main limitation is that all the clues for variations in meaning of a given word are in English, in both the English-Russian and Russian-English sections. It would probably be adequate for a Russian speaker in determining what an English word means, even when there are multiple meanings, as the correct Russian word could be deduced from the context. However, to determine how to translate a Russian word into English when there are several options to choose from would be difficult.
A good reference dictionary.......2003-04-20
This is an excellent dictionary for students of Russian. It is well-organized, attractive, and I have to not find a word I need. However, it is pretty big. I wouldn't advise buying it as a travel ditionary.
Excellent.......2001-09-08
Very comprehensive and an ideal companion to your Russian studies. It appears to have all I need in terms of vocabulary at a beginners/intermediate level, although it could contain more contemporary slang (important I feel when learning a language you will be exposed to on a daily basis)
It is though the heaviest book I carry around daily and sometimes I could wish for a lighter dictionary!
not as good as I hoped..........2001-07-11
I have Oxford dictionaries in other languages and never found any problems with them. My Russian is not very good and perhaps that's why I notice some problems with this dictionary. It has some odd omissions. For instance, I tried looking up the Russian word for 'children' under the entry 'child' in the English-Russian section. The entry does NOT say that 'children' is the plural of child, in fact it doesn't mention the word 'children' anywhere. Nor does the entry include the Russian word for 'children.' And 'children' is not listed anywhere else in the English-Russian section. So some hapless Russian speaker using this dictionary would not learn that 'children' is the plural of 'child,' and would not be able to look up the word 'children' at all. Conversely, an English speaker would also not find the Russian word for 'children' by looking in the English-Russian section. Granted this may be an isolated example, but it does suggest that there may be some editing problems.
I also disliked the explanations in the front about the construction and meaning of dictionary entries. The explanations are a little too terse for those of us not well versed in Russian grammar. It would be nice to have at least a few examples written out in full. And as far as I could make out, a lot of the information about the Russian entries actually appeared under the discussion of English entries.
It would be nice to have a few more notes about pronunciation. As is, you would think that 'yevo' in Russian was pronounced 'yego' (as it is spelled) if all you had to go on was the information in the dictionary. Nor will you find information about consonants that aren't pronounced.
Other than that, the dictionary is nicely produced and well printed. It appears up-to-date, with lots of internet information. I am not able to make any intelligent comparisons of this dictionary with other Russian-English dictionaries. Although this seems to have a few shortcomings, it may well be a good choice for many readers.
One additional note: although another reviewer mentions conjugation tables, my copy of this dictionary has no grammatical tables of any kind (although they would have been useful).
Book Description
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the world. In 2002, Oxford University Press published a revised tenth edition of the dictionary. Now, we are pleased to present this new edition along with the fully updated CD-ROM version, resulting in one
authoritative, affordable, and essential package.
Offering comprehensive coverage of current English vocabulary, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary includes more than 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions and hundreds of new words covering areas as diverse as e-commerce, technology, and fashion. The completely updated version of the CD-ROM
includes the fully revised edition of the A-Z text that can be easily installed on a hard drive for maximum accessibility.
Customer Reviews:
by Mary Boby-Smith Jones who lives in Capdacmis.......2005-08-15
i brought this dictionary last year and i found it really easy to look up the word........ kiss it and make it better dododododo sorry i got carried away as the t.v is on and an advert is on singing that song any way back to the reiview.
My friend said that the dictionary was a sad book full of words like apple or table but recently i found the word [...] in it and i have no idea what it means cos im thick. why is it called a thumb index cos its not about thumbs is it.
Best one volume dictionary around........2005-04-01
I bought this dictionary for all my nieces and nephews this year. It's soooooooooo much better than any junky Webster's Collegiate dictionary. You can actually find the words you don't recognize.
Too English.......2004-09-19
A very good dictionary and CD-ROM. The International pronunciation guide is, however, incomprehesible and of no use. I couldn't get pronunciation from this dictionary. Another major shortcoming is that it does not provide hyphenation breads.
Keep Shopping.......2004-07-18
The CD-ROM version of this dictionary is sorely done. The application looks like a program made for Windows 3.1 and does not even have the functionality of one. The dict. does not give a clue on where to hypenate words, which is the reason for buying it. The pronunciation guide uses Greek letters to make the sounds with no help on the Greek itself. The definitions are sparse, usually only a few words of description, and many have none at all. Most of the text is about the word root or history in latin, greek etc. This product is a big screw not worth 50 cents.
one of the best dictionary.......2004-04-18
the explanations are easy to understand. the dictionary is pretty comprehensive and covers over 240, 000 words. and it is easy to use too.
Book Description
Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelt? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary. With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to word origins available in paperback. Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, it contains a wealth of information about our language and its history.
Customer Reviews:
Perfect for the nonscholar.......2004-02-15
I agree with the earlier reviewers that this isn't the most thorough etymological dictionary available. But let's face it: most of us don't need weightier and more expensive resources than this one. In the ten years that I've owned the ODEE, I've used it hundreds of times, and only occasionally have I found it wanting. As someone who does a good bit of scriptural exegesis, I generally turn to the ODEE before dragging out the Greek lexicon or Latin dictionary. It can usually point me in the direction I need to go. A wonderful resource that should be on the shelf of anyone who loves books and words, especially since our fastfood culture has bred so much forgetfulness of the deep meaning of words.
Great, portable and does the job.......2000-06-19
I respect the reviews that this is by no means the last word in word origins. However, I have gotten more use out of this book than the other 5 dictionaries behind simply because I can bring it everywhere. Though some may find this a bit odd, I basically bring it on vacation as a second book -- especially in Europe where questions about them seem to crop up. So many more words will get hunted with this book because it will be handy when you need it.
A Little Too Concise to be Useful.......2000-04-05
Perhaps the main use of etymology references is to learn about words and how they have evolved into current usage. A good etymology reference like the Chambers / Barnhart will track the history of a word right back to its Proto-IndoEuropean roots. This is also what the Onions Oxford Etymology does. Now it is clear the Oxford didn't want to cannibalize sales of its classic Etymology Dictionary which defines about 25,000 words. This concise Etymology is a very large selection from the full Oxford, updated with some materials from the 2nd OED. What is missing in many of the etymologies is the word's full story. So, we have a good book with a decent collection that is not quite complete. IF you're looking for a good etymology at the same price, you'd do better with Ayto's Dictionary of Word Origins - only 8,000 words but provides a much more thorough treatment. If you're willing to splurge, the best etymology is the Barnhart, re-released as the Chambers Dictionary of Etymology. You get over 60,000 words, drawn almost entirely from US sources.
There are better Etymologies Available.......2000-04-03
First, this Concise Etymology from Oxford updates the mid-1960s Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, edited by Onions ... by adding some new etymologies from the Second OED. However, Oxford clearly did not want to compete with Onion's tome, which is still available in hardcover. So, what to do? This Concise edition, like the full edtion, defines about 17,000 words. The sacrifice you make getting this work is in the actual etymologies themselves. They simply are not thorough or exhaustive. In this Concise Edition, most word origins are not pushed all the way back to their Indo-European or Proto-Indo European roots - something that the similarly priced John Ayto's work does quite well (though with only 8,000 words). If I were to buy only one etymology dictionary, this would not be my first choice. On a budget I would get Ayto's and learn more about fewer words - and for a few dollars more I would recommend the Chamber's/Barnhart - which is far more scholarly and simply more interesting.
Book Description
Authoritative and reliable, this is the ideal reference guide for students of mathematics at school or in the first year at university. Many entries have been added for this new edition, expanding coverage in the area of computing, including entries on Linear Algebra, Optimisation, Nonlinear equations, Differential equations, and others. More biographies of prominent mathematicians are also added, including Nobel Prizewinners and Fields' medalists. Terms used in first-year university courses, e.g. Lorenz attractor, Linear programming, Liouville numbers, etc., bring the new edition right up-to-date. The dictionary covers both pure and applied mathematics as well as statistics, and there are entries on major mathematicians and mathematics of more general interest, such as fractals, game theory, and chaos.
Customer Reviews:
A Nice to Have Dictionary.......2007-08-11
From the preface of the dictionary: "This dictionary is...a reference book that gives reliable definitions...of mathematical terms. The level is such that it will suit...college students and first year university students...The concepts and terminology...in pure and applied mathematics and statistics courses...are covered. There are also entries on mathematicians of the past...appendices...gives useful tables for ready reference." This dictionary is not only a dictionary but also a handy reference book on table of areas and volumes, derivatives, integrals, series, trigonometric formulas, symbols, and Greek letters. Even though Internet provides a convenience mean to access the information, it is prudent to have a dictionary of mathematics for cross reference.
concise oxford dictionary of mathematics.......2005-06-03
This is a Great revision of this book. I am very pleased to see the improvements over the last version, especially the graphics. Thanks!
There's a better one.......2001-07-23
I find this reference book a little disappointing. While not a bad book, it's not comprehensive enough and explanations are (in many cases) too concise. If you don't already know the meaning of the term you're looking up, chances are you won't understand it after reading the item. I also purchased the Harper Collins Dictionary of Mathematics, and here are the good news - it's much better than the Oxford. Much more comprehensive and more readable. It's not perfect either, but if you're going to have only one of these, I recommend the Harper Collins.
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Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
201 Arabic Verbs (201 Verbs Series)
The Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Arabic: English-Arabic Edition (Oxford Picture Dictionary Program)
Arabic Verbs and Essentials of Grammar: A Practical Guide to the Mastery of Arabic
Answer Key to Al-kitaab Fii Ta Callum Al-carabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic
