Covers animal life, biosciences, chemistry, earth and atmospheric sciences, energy and power technology, mathematics, engineering, and other scientific subjects

This is a two-volume science print and CD-ROM encyclopedia published both in hardback and on CD-ROM.

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.

This two-volume reference offers authoritative coverage of 11 major scientific areas, with 6,773 alphabetized entries plus a quick-reference index with an additional 25,000 entries. 3,000+ photos, diagrams and charts, 446 tables. 2 volumes.