Dictionary of Plant Breeding, Second Edition

the cambridge dictionary of SCIENTISTS second edition

A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine Second Edition

The Dictionary of Virology, 4th Edition

Rapidly expanding technologies in the fi eld of virology, identifi cation of novel viral agents, and the 2005 report (8th edition) of the International Congress of Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) addressing reclassifi cation of several viruses generated the 20% new material in Mahy’s 4th edition of The Dictionary of Virology. The previous edition of this book was published in 2001; the 2009 edition ...

A Dictionary of Virology, Third Edition

A dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words, with information about each word; it usually includes meaning, pronunciation, and etymology. The third edition of Brian Mahy’s Dictionary of Virology provides definitions of words commonly and uncommonly used in the field of virology, words that so often divide us into subgroups. Given that new words are associated with ...

Contribution to The New Palgrave : A Dictionary of Economics , second edition

Patents A patent is the legal right of an inventor to exclude others from making or using a particular invention. This right is sometimes termed an 'intellectual property right' and is viewed as an encouragement for innovation. This article gives a brief history of patenting, and discusses the legal and administrative process for obtaining a patent in the major world jurisdictions. Evidence on ...