McGraw‐Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Engineering

A reduction of the ninth edition of the McGraw‐Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (2002) this text attempts to offer explanations, not definitions, of terms throughout every field of engineering. An ambitious task, but one that this pocket dynamo of a book packs into its 900 plus detailed explanations. Most entries comprise short 100‐200 word descriptions of engineering processes, concepts or specialisations. A few of the more important concepts (e.g. digital computing or mechanical properties of metal) warrant a page or more, but these are exceptions.

 Within each entry terms cross‐referenced are capitalised. Somewhat refreshingly for a condensation of a...