Chemically Speaking. A Dictionary of Quotations
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Author(s): C. Gaither and A. Cavazos-Gather
Publisher: Institute of Physics
ISBN: 0750306823
Format: softback
583pp
Price: £21.99, $29.99
Review Date: 07 January 2003
Review: This dictionary of quotations is designed to be both a reference book and a source of amusement. Some of the quotations are profound, some wise, some witty, and some just frivolous. The authors have aimed to verify each quotation to ensure that it is quoted without any errors or deviations from the original. The quotations are arranged by subject (Abstraction to X-rays). There are also Subject-by-author and Author-by subject indexes to help the reader find a particular quote of interest. Under ‘Electrons’, we find, amongst others: ‘The protons are positive and the electrons are negative, and, of the two, I am sure that the electrons are nicer (Robert Benchley), and ‘He thought he saw electrons swift/ Their charge and mass combine./ He looked again and saw it was/ The cosmic sounding line./ The population then, said he/ Must be 1079 (H. Dingle).