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Born of the linguistic fascination of a noted paleontologist, Composition of Scientific Words includes a brief introduction to the history and elementary structure of English, Greek, and Latin, followed by a guide for the formulation of technical terms. The main selection, the lexicon, is an alphabetical list of key words. It gives their synonyms and cognates in English, Latin, and Greek, as well as occasional additions from among thirty-eight other languages. This section is a storehouse of fact and lore on the derivation of both everyday and technical terms. Numerous cross-references make the book fully accessible.
Paperback: 882 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books; 61508th edition (July 17, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560988487
ISBN-13: 978-1560988489
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #709,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #351 in Books > Science & Math > Reference #1697 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Linguistics #2767 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Linguistics
I am not sure how many people will read a review for book which is #174,000+ on s list. It is certainly NOT a bestseller but it is a fantastic book nonetheless. If you are a taxonomer or just wish to know about word origins as used in scientific nomenclature, this book is for you. I must admit, I rarely use my copy but I have it when I do need it. Besides having derivations from Latin and Greek, it has explanations useful for people who may wish to synthesize words for scientific use. At times, it is fun to use this book as a guide and make up scientific words for the most mundane things - try it and see how wonderful something like a flyswatter can sound. Levity aside, this is THE 882 page authority on history of the English language, The nature of Greek and Latin and the formation of scientific terms.
It is somewhat hard to say this of a book of more than forty years old but this would seem to be indeed what it is cracked up to be, an indispensable reference for anybody interested in the composition of scientific words. I would expect that someone would have come up with something better in the time since the appearance of this book (it first appeared in 1927, reaching the present form in 1956). However everytime I have a question on a scientific word this book produces something useful, usually an answer to my question or otherwise some interesting new bit of information.The only quible I have regards printing quality. The original typography is very ambitious in trying to condense so much information on a page and it suffered a little in this facsimile reprint. Even so printing quality is pretty decent, it is just that it is short of the crispness I would like to see.
Perhaps one of the best and most comprehensive book on scientific derivations available. Pretty much any word that you want to find is in the book with detailed explanations. I highly suggest this book for those who like studying languages and every science lab should have a copy available.
This book is so helpful. We never really use it but whenever we bird-watch then look up the name, we always look up the scientific name then laugh at what they're called :D And I love the quality and feel of this book! It feels super important :P It is missing some words, but idk if the book I got the word from is wrong or what. I really recommend it!
I use this book with my high school biology class. I hope it helps them get biology vocabulary words by understanding word meanings
This is a wonderful book, still essential after all these decades to those who work with animal classifications and have occasion to name or classify species of plants or animals. It's also interesting just to dip into and read.
I recommend this book highly. I have been using it for years both for general info and professionally. I have described a number of new species of lizards, snakes & frogs and have used Brown's book to devise scientific names for the new species.
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