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Scientific terms by numbers

Nature volume 286, pages 745–746 (1980)Cite this article

Longman Dictionary of Scientific Usage.

By A. Godman and E.M.F. Payne. Payne. Pp.684. (Longman: 1980.) Flexi £4.35, $14.95.

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  1. A former teacher of scientific English to foreign students, is editor of the Penguin Dictionary of Science and Longman's New Dictionary of Physics, and science editor of Collins English Dictionary.

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Isaacs, A. Scientific terms by numbers. Nature 286, 745–746 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/286745b0

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