The Languages of the World has long been the essential handbook for all language students and linguists. It has now been revised and updated to take into account recent developments in linguistics and changes in the world map. This concise reference source provides the reader with a wealth of information on the world's languages and the samples ...
Based on American rather than British English, this is among the first Russian dictionaries revised for the post-Soviet era. Includes new political terminology, new Russian institutions, new countries and republics and new city names. Contains 26,000 entries in the English-Russian section and 40,000 words in the Russian-English section. ...
Smart polymers are macromolecules capable of undergoing rapid, reversible phase transitions from a hydrophilic to a hydrophobic microstructure when triggered by small changes in their immediate environment, such as slight variations in temperature, pH or ionic strength. Until now, it has always been considered that polymers are passive ...
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