Honorary president: Judith Butcher Honorary vice-president: David Crystal OBE
SfEP recommended reference books
Science, technology and medicine (STM)
Out of print
Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors, edited by Alan Isaacs, John Daintith and Elizabeth Martin (Oxford University Press, 1991).
This contains contributions from SfEP member Rich Cutler but, unfortunately, it is now out of print – try second-hand bookshops or online.
Scientific Style and Format: The CSE manual for authors, editors, and proofreaders (Council of Science Editors/Scion Publishing, 7th ed. 2006).
SfEP members and associates can buy this American reference book at a discount. Instructions for this are in the Members' area.
The ACS Style Guide: Effective communication of scientific information, edited by Anne M. Coghill and Lorrin R Garson (Oxford University Press, US, 3rd ed. 2006).
An American Chemical Society publication.
Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, edited by E Richard Cohen et al. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 3rd ed. 2007).
British National Formulary by Dinesh Mehta (Pharmaceutical Press, version 53, March 2007).
Wikipedia
Wikipedia has a useful summary of chemical nomenclature under IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry.