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John Gribbin鈥檚 Companion to the Cosmos (Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, 拢20,
ISBN 0 297 81725 6) is going to become a firm friend. It is unusual in being a
very readable dictionary. Not only is it packed full of a universe of
accessible
information; it also includes many mini-biographies and a time-line. Gribbin鈥檚
easy style soon has you engrossed and darting from entry to entry. This,
however, revealed a few errors. Gribbin is particularly good on recent
developments, but don鈥檛 rely on this book as your only buddy. Try that faithful
old friend, the Oxford Concise Science Dictionary (拢7.99,
ISBN 0 19 280033
7). First issued over ten years ago, it has been brought up to date in a new
edition that adds a thousand new terms.