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Essential for every home library, the Random House Concise Dictionary of Science and Computers covers thousands of terms everyone should know to understand today's science and technology. Included are the basic definitions and concepts in physics, chemistry, biology, earth sciences, astronomy, medicine,and computers--software, hardware, and the Internet. Unlike an Internet search that could result in thousands of wrong or misleading definitions, this science resource is reliable and concise.
*Features thousands of definitions and 200+ line drawings and diagrams.
*Includes quick references and appendices of useful equations, the chemical elements, and more.
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Andie Beers
reviewed Random House Concise Dictionary of Science and Computers on August 01, 2019
Random House Concise Dictionary of Science and Computers
A 'damp squib' is something that fails ignominiously to satisfy expectations; an anti-climax, a disappointment.
This book started out as a solid five. The first proper chapter (aside from the introductory piece and the premise piece) took me beyond what I'm imagining would be the future from now, and so to say it was written almost 20 years ago is nothing short of prescient.
But then it went on. And on and on, and as it did so, I dropped the score to a four. It kind of got repetitive and a trifle dull. Sure, there were some good ideas, but not really on subjects that interested me.
Towards the end, I realised that the author is, despite being able to think up some wonderful applications to future tech, a bit of a pessimist. The last few chapters were, to be honest, a drone. I lost interest in this future. I didn't rush through to the end, but I also didn't pay as much attention to what I was reading.
I think the problem is that the past looks to the future with a little more trepidation than it deserves. After all, this is the past's future, and it's actually not too bad.
Read this book if you're family to the author. Give it a pass if the latest Lee Child is out.
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