English For Students Of Physics - Vol 1

The Appendices are of two kinds: the first section contains short notes on general differences between British and American English. These are far from compre- hensive, but the reader is referred to works that deal more fully with the topics discussed. The second section contains tables and glossaries of terms whose meaning and use are best shown when the terms are grouped together (e.g., currency, mea- sures) and lists of specialized slang terms of which only a few are included in the A–Z section....