The International Dictionary of Applied Mathematics

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1173 p. 27 cm Indexessimilar to [James & James](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=6716)'sPDF pp. 1062ff. are multilingual dictionaries in French, German, Russian, and Spanish * * *[MR0116566](https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=116566)This dictionary is intended to explain briefly the terms, concepts and methods used in the application of mathematics to physical and engineering problems. The subjects covered are: acoustical engineering, acoustics, aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, astronomy, atomic structure, automatic control, chemistry, differential geometry, elasticity, electromagnetic theory, general mathematics, mechanics, molecular structure, network topology, nuclear engineering, nuclear science, numerical analysis, optics, probability and statistics, quantum mechanics, relativity, solid-state physics, spectroscopy, statistical mechanics, strength of materials, structural analysis and design, tensor analysis, thermodynamics, vector analysis, viscoelasticity and plasticity. Faced with so wide a range of subjects, a reviewer can only read critically the entries in his own field and see if he can understand the entries in other fields, a sampling process whose result may depend on the interests of the reviewer. Subject to this qualification, the dictionary entries are generally clear, precise and as comprehensive as can be expected from the division of 8000 entries among 32 subjects, and the layout and cross-referencing is so good that there is no difficulty in finding all the information about a particular topic. This is made easy for speakers of languages other than English by providing indices in German, Russian, French and Spanish with the English equivalents. I would expect the dictionary to be useful as an aid to the understanding of work not in one's own field that was relevant to a particular problem, but it is probable that more detailed information would be required than any comprehensive dictionary could supply. For this reason, I would like more references to standard texts than have been included. On the whole, it is a good example of its class of technical reference books and many people will find it useful. Reviewed by [A. A. Townsend](https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/search/author.html?mrauthid=276470)