Concise
Encyclopedia
of Science
and Technology
Fifth Edition

Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition is based on the content of the world-renowned Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 9th 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:

• More than 7,000 concise articles covering more than 90 disciplines of science and technology, all in one volume

• Extensively revised content with over 3,000 new and rewritten articles

• More than 1,600 two-color illustrations

• Features numerous cross-referenences, an extensive index, and bibliographies

• Appendix with biographical listings of important scientists, listings of scientific symbols and units, mathematical notations, fundamental concepts, and more

• Includes coverage of the hottest areas of science and technology, including biomedical science, chemistry, cosmology, information science, environmental science, nanotechnology, and theoretical physics

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

Contents

Articles A to Z

Appendix

Index

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