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RR 2018/080 Polymer Science Dictionary (3rd edition) Edited by Mark Alger Springer Dordrecht 2017 xxi + 1008 pp. ISBN 978 94 024 0891 1 (print) ; ISBN 978 94 024 0893 5 (e-book) £211.50 $299 (print); £169.00 $229 (e-book)
Polymer science is, as the preface takes pains to indicate, a dynamic and rapidly expanding field of industry and research. This has necessitated this expansive update to the Polymer Science Dictionary , coordinated once more by Mark Alger who edited the two preceding books. The field's diversification too is reflected in the expansion of coverage incorporated into the work. The book itself opens with a brief preface to this new edition but, helpfully for those seeking a historical context, also presents the two prior editions' prefaces. Following a brief note on the dictionary's organization and chemical structural representation, a nine-page guide to the notation used within the work is presented. The opening section closes with a contents listing, albeit one limited to indicating on which page each alphabetic listing section commences.