Publisher's Synopsis
Webster′s New World(TM) Dictionary of Science is the most comprehensive desktop reference to the vast world of science. Over 7,000 entries cover the spectrum of scientific disciplines–from acoustics to zoology. These entries are drawn from the most up–to–date database in the world, ensuring cutting edge information. More than 450 illustrations and diagrams make difficult concepts, processes, and structures crystal clear.
∗ Chronologies provide handy timelines of discovery and invention.
∗ Great Experiments and Discoveries essays deliver in–depth discussions.
∗ Focus Feature articles cover newsworthy topics by experts in their fields
∗ Select quotations from famous scientists impart their insights about science.
∗ Fact boxes reveal fascinating tidbits of little–known science.
acousticsergonomicsmineralogyanatomyethnologyoceanographyanthropologyethologyornithologyarcheologyeugenicsorthopedicsastronomyevolutionpaleontologybiologyforensic scienceparapsychologybotanyforestrypathologycalculusgeographyphysicschemistrygeologyphysiologyclimatologygeometrypsychologycryogenicsgeriatricsseismologycryptographygynecologyspeleologycyberneticshistologytectonicsdieteticshomeopathytopologyecologyhydrologytoxicologyelectronicskineticstrigonometryengineeringmathematicsultrasonicsentomologymetallurgyzoologymeteorology... and moreIdeal for students, researchers, and science enthusiasts.
