This 552-page dictionary explains 6000 scientific terms, drawn from 16 branches of science, that are relevant to gardeners.
I edit five dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences and Earth Sciences (now retitled Geology and Earth Sciences) are in their fourth editions, and Ecology and Zoology are in their fifth editions (Ecology is online only) The newest dictionary is Environment & Conservation, which I have inherited from Chris Park, who prepared the first edition; the second edition appeared in 2013 and the third edition (online only) in 2017.
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Oxford Dictionary of Environment & Conservation
“… broad enough to be of use to natural science students and detailed enough to help researchers and policy makers.” Times Higher Educational Supplement.
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Oxford Dictionary of Geology & Earth Sciences
"I marvel at how the editors
have compressed so much so clearly … a
feat which occurs only once in a blue
moon - and even that is defined!" Nature.
"… can really claim to
offer comprehensive coverage of the
earth sciences." Times Educational
Supplement.
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Oxford
Dictionary of Plant Sciences
"Allaby succeeds remarkably well
over a wide range of disciplines … leaves
one a better informed person, and who
could ask for more from a dictionary?" Peter
D. Moore, Times Higher Educational
Supplement.
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Oxford Dictionary
of Zoology
"… a fine compendium of
unquestionable use … Make sure
you have an Allaby handy." Nature.
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Oxford Dictionary
of Ecology
"Comprehensive coverage of ecology
and the environmental sciences." BBC
Wildlife.
"I shall certainly use it and
so will my colleagues and students.
That makes it valuable - by definition." John
Lawton, Nature.
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