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McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

Name: McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Author: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780070526594

by Parker, Sybil P., McGraw-Hill Companies

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This definitive reference offers you concise, authoritative, and up-to-date coverage of every major field of science and technology. In articles authored by scientists and engineers at the forefront of their fields (including 19 Nobel Prize winners), and written to be accessible to the general reader as well as the scientific user, this newly revised volume covers 75 major fields of science and engineering, including current and critical advances in fast-developing fields such as virology, genetics, computer science, and oceanography. Richly illustrated, it also features biographical sketches of the world's top scientists, a superb index, cross references, and bibliographies. No other reference offers scientists, researchers, students, and the interested public such definitive and inclusive coverage of science and technology in a single volume.

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New edition of the one-volume abridged version of the esteemed multivolume international scientific encyclopedia. It contains 7,800 alphabetically arranged text entries on 75 major branches of science and technology. The focus is on current and critical advances in fast-developing specialities such as genetics, computer science, and oceanography. Also included are biographical sketches of 1,200 of the world's top scientists, 1,600-plus photographs and line drawings, and numerous tables and graphs. Almost all of the articles are cross-referenced. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Keeping pace with the rapid developments in 75 major areas of science and engineering, this one-volume reference boasts more than 30,000 articles by the world's brightest minds--including 21 Nobel prize winners. The revised third edition features 300 new articles in areas completely unheard of just a decade ago--including art conservation chemistry, bioelectronics, cosmogenic nuclides, interleukin, fiber-optics imaging, superstring theory, and more. Features include: * 7,900 alphabetically arranged articles * 1,600 high-quality photographs and line drawings * a 30,000-entry analytical index * extensive cross references * bibliographies and database listing * measurement conversion tables, animal and plant classi- fications, and other appendices An informative introduction and an invaluable reference for anyone with an interest in the sciences, here is a worthy addition to anyhome, school, or business library. 9" x 11". Two-color illus.