Back MatterSource: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical andPhysical Sciences, Vol. 298, No. 1443 (Jan. 21, 1981)Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/36725 .

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QUA NTITI ES, U NITS, AN D SYM BO LS

Second edition 1975 54 pages 250 x 176 mm. Paper cover only

ISBN 0 85403 071 9

U.K. Overseas Price ?1.00 ?1.05 T

This handbook contains in a convenient form a very great deal of information on Si (the International System of Units), symbols for physical quantities, recom- mended forms for many aspects of scientific writing including mathematical presentation, labelling of graphs and tables, preferred placements and type founts for subscripts and superscripts, favoured abbreviations, etc. It also includes recommended values of physical constants. While Si and other internationally recommended practices are emphasized, values of conversion factors are given for use with imperial units and other units outside Si. References to original international authority are quoted. Its compact size makes Quantities, Units, and Symbols an invaluable aid for scientific writing for all authors who wish to follow modern practice especially in physics and chemistry. Equally it should be an immediately available guide for teachers in higher education many of whom will wish their students to own a copy. It is also invaluable for the reader who has found some unfamiliar notation or terminology, not least when he has strayed from his own narrow specialism.'

The contents include: Physical quantities and symbols for physical quantities Units and symbols for units Numbers Recommended mathematical symbols Chemical elements, nuclides, and particles Quantum states Nuclear physics Thermodynamic results Galvanic cells Some common abbreviations Recommended values of physical constants Sources Bibliography

To encourage the widespread availability and use of Q.U.S. (as it is commonly known) the following special prices are offered for orders for multiple copies:

U.K. Overseas 5 copies ?4.00 ?4.15

10 copies ?6.50 ?6.70 20 copies ?11.00 ?11.35 50 copies ?22.50 ?23.20

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THE PLANETS TODAY A SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY SCIENCE

IN CELEBRATION OF THE QUINCENTENARY OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS 1473 TO 1543

CONTENTS PREFACE

Sir Harrie Massey, Sec.R.S. and W. H. McCrea, F.R.S. NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (1473 to 1543)

J. R. Ravetz SOME ASPECTS OF THE PHYSICS OF THE MOON

S. K. Runcorn, F.R.S. MARS AND VENUS

R. M. Goody JUPITER AND SATURN

R. Hide, F.R.S. THE DYNAMICS OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES

G. A. Wilkins and A. T. Sinclair THE WORK OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Sir Fred Hoyle, F.R.S.

114 pages Frontispiece and 15 plates (clothbound) Price: ?4.50 (U.K. addresses) ?4.65 (Overseas)

First published in Proceedings Series A. Volume 336 (1974)

FOOD TECHNOLOGY IN THE 1980s

This Royal Society symposium on 'food technology in the 1980s' recognized the important contribution food science and technology has made so far to the feeding of our ever growing urban population. A truly interdisciplinary scientific approach is needed encompassing among others nutrition, biochemistry, microbiology and physical chemistry to advance the multitude of processing and preservation tech- niques, satisfying at the same time the socio-economic, toxicological, and legal constraints placed on any completely new or improved technology today and more so in the future. The innovative culinary art and craft of great chefs of the 19th century has moved fromkthe restaurant to the food factory. All the large-scale processing techniques discussed must therefore satisfy the visual, olfactory, gustatory and tactile human senses to find consumer acceptability. Added to this must be suitable transport and storage conditions as a vital part in the chain linking food all the way from being grown on the farm via the processor and distributor to the household table. Every aspect of this food chain is reviewed and discussed in this book.

198 pages (clothbound) Price: ?5.50 (U.K. addresses) ?5.70 (Overseas)

First published in Proceedings Series B. Volume 191 (1975) ISBN: 0 85403 076 X

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Printed in Great Britain for the Royal Society at the University Press, Cambridge

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