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The
Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and
Medicine
Second Edition
MICHAEL KENT, St Austell College, Cornwall
This comprehensive and authorative dictionary provides an invaluable
reference book for anyone interested in the fascinating subject of sport. It
covers all the major areas of sports science and medicine, including anatomy,
biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, sports psychology, sports
sociology, sports injuries, and training principles. This dictionary was
compiled, in its first edition, by a team of eminent contributors and advisers.
Since the first edition was published, the disciplines of sport science and
sport medicine have grown rapidly and generated a wealth of new information. The
second edition includes over 7500 cross-referenced terms which have been updated
or added since the first edition. There are 165 illustrations, including twenty
new ones, and four appendices have been added including one on Banned
Substances. The dictionary will be of particular help to medical
specialists, students of PE, coaches, and athletes who need to understand the
scientific principles, physiological processes, and anatomical structures which
affect sporting performance. It will also be useful to the general reader
interested in health and fitness, or willing to understand the meanings of such
terms as A-band, jogger's hipple, maximal aerobic power, social loafing, and
zero-sum competition.
- A wealth of new terms have been added in line with the growth of the
dsiciplines of sports science and medicine
- All entries revised and updated
- Twenty new illustrations
- New appendices of useful information
- Now includes an index
584 pp.; 162
linecuts; 0-19-262845-3; 1998; $39.95 (05)
Oxford
Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Second Edition
Edited by ANTHONY SMITH
Fully up-dated revised edition
With over 17,000 endnotes, this reference work is a major source of
information for all professionals, scholars, and students of biochemistry and
molecular biology. It describes essential features of approximately 2000 enzymes
and proteins, and 950 chemical structures are covered as well. It is fully
updated and revised, making it ideal for all academics and professionals who
have anything to do with the biomedical sciences.
Praise for the First Edition:
" . . . a wealth of useful and interesting information."--SGM
Quarterly
"The best conceived and produced specialized scientific dictionary this
reviewer has ever seen . . . enthusiastically recommended."--Choice
"A quite useful book . . . can be recommended for one's office or
laboratory [and] should certainly be obtained by libraries."--Journal of
Medicinal Chemistry
"An invaluable source for biochemists as well [as] other biologists, for
teachers and their students . . . has to be on the shelves of each biological
laboratory."--Immunological Investigations
- Over 17,000 headwords
- Describes essential features of approximately 2000 enzymes and proteins
- 950 chemical structures covered
672 pp.; 850 line illus.; 0-19-850673-2; Published: 2000; $65.00 (01)
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