Based on the new 4,000 page, 2 volume Van Nostrand's Science Encyclopedia, 9th Edition, this book is the most comprehensive 1 volume scientific desk reference available. Features over 5,000 entries that completely cover vital science, technology, and math terms and concepts. Easy-to-use and fun, it offers basic definitions of scientific terms followed by concise explanations of the concepts.
Preface. Foreword. Science Entries A to Z. Contributors.
CHRISTOPHER G. De PREE, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Agnes College. He lives in Decatur, Georgia. ALAN AXELROD, Ph.D., is the award-winning author of more than fifty books and a well-regarded popular historian. He lives in Atlanta.