Second revised edition with over 2,000 additional entries. An A-Z of the world of science, with diagrams, topical feature essays, tables and up-to-the minute chronologies. Includes great discoveries and experiments, over 80 tables and chronologies, progress reports on major areas of science, appendices on Nobel prize winners and a thematic index.

A comprehensive dictionary of scientific facts. It contains the biographies of numerous scientists including the Nobel prize winners; the discoveries of each one; the importance of their specialities and how they set about their work; and also what drove and inspired them as human beings.

A comprehensive dictionary of scientific facts. It contains the biographies of numerous scientists including the Nobel prize winners; the discoveries of each one; the importance of their specialities and how they set about their work; and also what drove and inspired them as human beings.

This work is an A-Z of the world of science. Over 7000 entries provide comprehensive coverage of all categories of science from astronomy to zooloogy, including experimental psychology. Over 700 selected Web links offer the chance to find out more and take to reader to up-to-date information. Other features include 250 diagrams and illustrations that offer clear explanation of the text, 1000 biographies of important scientists that provide a human dimension to scientific thought and discovery, tables that cover topics like the planetss, Nobel prize winners and the elements, and comprehensive cross-referencing that enables deeper understanding of the issues.