Overview
Long considered the essential reference for readers of German scientific and technical literature and for translators, this indispensable reference has been thoroughly revised and updated. The book is 40 percent larger than the previous edition, and now contains over 197,000 entries to reflect the significant growth in technical language in the last ten years. It features expanded coverage of rapidly developing areas, including electronics, nuclear engineering, and computers. All major industrial, technical, and basic scientific disciplines are covered, including automobiles, aviation, ceramics, chemical processing, civil engineering, control and measurement systems, data processing, electrical engineering, geology, hydraulics, manufacturing methods, mathematics, mechanical engineering, nuclear physics, oil drilling and refining, and much more.