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McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

Name: McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Author: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780071429573

by McGraw-Hill

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Overview

Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition is based on the content of the world-renowned McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Ninth Edition, the most widely used science reference of its kind. Readers will find concise, authoritative, and up-to-date articles on every major field of science and technology — by authors at the forefront of their fields and including numerous Nobel Prize winners.

Written in clear, simple language understandable to students and general readers, yet with sufficient depth for scientists, educators, and researchers, this definitive resource provides:

7,300 concise articles covering disciplines of science and technology from acoustics to zoology
Extensively revised content with 3000+ new and rewritten articles
Current and critical advances in fast-developing fields such as biomedical science, chemistry, cosmology, information service, environmental science, nanotechnology, and physics
More than 1,600 two-color illustrations
Hundreds of tables and charts
1,300 biographical sketches of famous scientists
Index containingf 30,000 entries
Cross references to related articles
Appendix including Bibliographies

Carefully reviewed for clarity and accuracy, the McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology offers a breadth of coverage and standard of excellence unavailable in any other single volume reference.

FIELDS COVEREDINCLUDE:

Acoustics

Aeronautics

Agriculture

Anthropology

Archeology

Astronomy

Biochemistry

Biology

Chemistry

Computers

Cosmology

Engineering

Environmental science

Forensic science

Forestry

Genetics

Geography

Geology

Immunology

Information science

Materials science

Mathematics

Medicine and pathology

Meteorology

Microbiology

Nanotechnology

Navigation

Neuroscience

Oceanography

Paleontology

Physics

Physiology

Psychiatry

Psychology

Telecommunications

Theoretical physics

Thermodynamics

Veterinary medicine

Virology

Zoology

About the Author, McGraw-Hill

The McGraw-Hill Editorial Staff, based in New York City, also edits the renowned McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, now in its ninth edition, and is one of the most skilled, experienced and respected editorial teams in the field of scientific publishing.

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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.