Webster’s New World Dictionary of Science is the most comprehensive desktop reference to the vast world of science. Over 7,000 entries cover the spectrum of scientific disciplines-from acoustics to zoology. These entries are drawn from the most up-to-date database in the world, ensuring cutting edge information. More than 450 illustrations and diagrams make difficult concepts, processes, and structures crystal clear.
- Chronologies provide handy timelines of discovery and invention.
- Great Experiments and Discoveries essays deliver in-depth discussions.
- Focus Feature articles cover newsworthy topics by experts in their fields
- Select quotations from famous scientists impart their about science.
- Fact boxes reveal fascinating tidbits of little-known science.