Science encompasses the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment, and technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Oxford Reference provides more than 210,000 concise definitions and in-depth, specialist encyclopedic entries on the wide range of subjects within these broad disciplines.
Our coverage comprises authoritative, highly accessible information on the very latest terminology, concepts, theories, techniques, people, and organizations relating to all areas of science and technology—from astronomy, engineering, physics, computer science, and mathematics, to life and earth sciences, chemistry, environmental science, biology, and psychology. Written by trusted experts for researchers at every level, entries are complemented by illustrative line drawings, equations, and charts wherever useful.
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A timeline of life science: from single-celled water creatures to sequencing the human genome
Quotations about science and technology from Oxford Essential Quotations
‘The Universal Genetic Code’ from A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
A biography of Lise Meitner from The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
A list of mathematical symbols from The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics
‘The planets: orbital and physical data’ from A Dictionary of Astronomy
