McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. 9th Ed. (20 vol.set)

For more than 40 years, the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology has been the first source readers around the world have turned to when starting research on any major scientific topic. With more than 7,000 articles written by leaders in their fields, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, the Encyclopedia is famed for the scope and quality of its content. Students, professionals researching areas outside their own specialties, "lifelong learners", any reader with only modest background in the sciences, will benefit from the ease of access to information, the clarity of the text, and the 12,000 specially prepared illustrations. The new Ninth Edition carries on this tradition. Thoroughly updated, its 20 volumes contain 15,000+ pages and 7,100 articles, many new, rewritten, or revised. Using the 500 page analytical index, the topical index, or the Study Guides, readers will find the information they want on all the hottest areas of science and engineering : astronomy and space science, computational chemistry, environmental science, forensic science, information technology and communications, intelligent manufacturing, molecular biology and biotechnology, neuroscience, theoretical and applied physics, to name just a few. 61,000 cross references and 21,000 bibliography entries enable the reader to see the connections in the more than 90 disciplines covered and to continue their studies in greater depth. With the breathtaking pace at which science and technology are advancing, no science reference collection can afford to be without this latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

The complete table of contents is too long to show here. However, The Encyclopedia provides the most comprehensive coverage available with 97 subject areas covering every discipline in science and technology : Acoustics / Aerospace engineering / Agriculture / Analytical chemistry / Anatomy and physiology (vertebrate) / Anthropology / Archeology / Astronomy / Atomic and molecular physics / Biochemistry and molecular biology / Biophysics / Cell biology / Chemical engineering / Civil engineering / Classical mechanics and heat / Computing / Conservation / Control and information systems / Design engineering / Developmental biology / Ecology / Electrical engineering / Electrical power engineering / Electricity and electromagnetism / Electromagnetic radiation optics / Electronic circuits / Evolution / Experimental psychology / Fluid mechanics / Food engineering / Forensic science / Forestry / General physiology / Genetics / Geochemistry / Geology (physical, historical, and sedimentary) / Geology (surfical and petrology) / Geology and geodesy / Geophysics / Graphic arts and photographic materials / Immunology / Immunology and virology / Industrial and production engineering / Inorganic chemistry / Invertebrate paleontology / Invertebrate zoology / Low-temperature physics /Materials / Materials science and engineering / Mathematics / Mechanical and power engineering / Medical microbiology / Medical science / Metallurgical engineering / Meteorology and climatology / Microbiology / Microscopy / Mineralogy / Mining engineering / Mycology / Naval architecture and marine engineering / Navigation / Neuroscience / Nuclear and elementary Particle physics / Nuclear engineering / Oceanography / Organic chemistry / Paleobotany / Pathology / Petroleum chemistry / Petroleum engineering / Petrology / Phylogeny and taxonomy / Physical chemistry / Physical electronics / Physical geography / Physiological psychology / Physiology / Plant pathology / Plant physiology / Plant sciences / Plant taxonomy / Propulsion / Psychiatry / Psychology / Radio communications / Soils / Solid-state physics / Telecommunications and remote sensing / Theoretical physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamics and heat / Transportation engineering / Vertebrate paleontology / Vertebrate zoology / Veterinary medicine / Virology.