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ISBN 10 : 0471743380 ISBN 13 : 9780471743385

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd), 2008

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Praise for the Ninth Edition: "Still one of the best concise encyclopedias for the sciences." Library Journal Reviews

"For two–year and undergraduate institutions, Van Nostrand′s is essential." Choice

The Scientific Encyclopedia has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the most important and comprehensive general scientific references available, suitable for both academic and professional environments. This outstanding reference remains the definitive scientific resource with topics ranging across all scientific disciplines including the life sciences, earth and atmospheric sciences, physical sciences, medicine, and mathematics, as well as many areas of engineering and technology.

The new, three–volume Tenth Edition contains articles contributed by industry experts and scholars worldwide. It comprises more than 10,000 entries and features hundreds of completely rewritten and re–referenced articles, as well as 2,500 completely new entries covering emerging technologies affecting genetics, global warming, communications, informatics, nanotechnology, and more.

Internet references in addition to traditional print references have been updated and expanded to reflect the editors′ conviction that modern students and researchers move from link to link as well as from page to page. The exciting Van Nostrand′s Scientific Encyclopedia is also available online in full–color and with more content at http://interscience.wiley.com/reference/vnse.

The Tenth Edition of the incomparable Scientific Encyclopedia in both print and electronic formats is an essential addition to academic and industrial libraries, as well as an indispensable reference for students and professionals across an ever–expanding range of scientific and engineering disciplines.

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The new, three–volume Tenth Edition contains articles contributed by industry experts and scholars worldwide. It comprises more than 10,000 entries and features hundreds of completely rewritten and re–referenced articles, as well as 2,500 completely new entries covering emerging technologies affecting genetics, global warming, communications, informatics, nanotechnology, and more. Internet references and print references have been updated and expanded to reflect the editors′ conviction that modern students and researchers move from link to link as well as from page to page.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0471743380
• ISBN 13: 9780471743385
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 6236