Publisher's Synopsis
This handy reference for any scientist, engineer or writer includes reasonably accurate answers and brief explanations of formulas, correlations, relationships, axioms, maxims and scientific laws. These "rules" span a variety of scientific and engineering fields, including chemistry, physics, mathematics, metallurgy, optics, semiconductors and so on. The rules are presented alphabetically by author/originator, ranging from Abegg's Rule about valency to Zintl's Rule about salt-like ionic compounds. There are many "numerical" rules also (such as the Rule of 72).;Several thesaurus-like indexes at the back of the book allows readers to find rules formulae and so on, by the principle involved, the subject of the rule or the author's name. Scattered throughout the listings are rules of a lighter, but nonetheless important nature, such as the "slide rule", which states, "If a slide is not readable at arm's length, it will not be readable when projected from the back of a conference hall."
