Gale Encyclopedia Of Science: 8 Volume Set / Edition 5

by Gale

Overview

This eight-volume set covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Consisting of alphabetically arranged entries, it provides a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific subjects and define terms. Longer entries conclude with a bibliography. The 5th edition has been completely updated and includes more than 75 new entries on key scientific topics in the news, including: DNA databanks, Crime Scene Investigations, Internet Search Engines, Podcasts, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Wireless Communications and much more.

•Alphabetically arranged entries and full color photos provide a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher.

•Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific subjects, and define terms.

•Each entry concludes with a bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781414498492
Publisher:	Gale Group
Publication date:	06/13/2014
Series:	Gale Encyclopedia Of Science
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	5500
Product dimensions:	14.40(w) x 19.70(h) x 10.60(d)

Table of Contents

Product Highlights (sampling of entries):

3D printing.

Avian flu.

Biomass.

Biometrics.

Calculus.

Cell division.

Cloud computing.

Computer hardware security.

Computer software security.

Computer modeling.

Data mining.

Decontamination methods.

Digestive system.

Doppler effect.

Drones.

Geospatial imagery.

Higgs Boson.

Hybrid transportation.

Internet search engines.

Ions and ionization.

Mathematics.

MERS-CoV.

Mitochondrial DNA analysis.

North America.

Nuclear power.

Ozone.

Personal digital assistant.

Plants.

Quarks.

Rectangles.

Robotic vehicles.

Saliva.

Salmon.

SARS.

Sublimation.

TASER.

Tornados.

Ultrasonics.

Velocity.

Virtual reality.

Weapons of mass destruction.

Zebras.

Zooplankton.