Dictionary of International Chemical Acronyms

"Jaromír Mindl presents the Czech scientific community with a handbook containing a comprehensive collection of approximately 10,000 international chemical acronyms, symbols and abbreviations. The text is based on a wide range of chemical journals, books, encyclopaedias and international information portals, and is supplemented with Czech translations and, where applicable, additional details. Individual entries are organised in parallel into two sections: an alphabetical section and a sub-field section, which are independent of one another and offer users different levels of information. The first section provides a basic option for quick searching, independent of the sub-field, even for non-chemists. The second section allows users to obtain an overview of abbreviated entries within a selected sub-field. The content of the handbook expands knowledge in the field of chemical informatics, as the use of abbreviated forms is very common in chemical literature today and speeds up communication. The handbook provides chemists with a means of quickly looking up not only the English meaning of abbreviated entries, but also their Czech translation, explanatory notes and classification for use in sub-fields. The Dictionary of International Chemical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations is intended for professionals in all fields of chemistry, chemical industry technologists from related sectors, as well as advanced students who use chemical, scientific-technical and other information sources in their work. It is currently the first comprehensive edition focusing on the main chemical fields and sub-fields."