Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia

Author Glenn D. Considine

Publisher John Wiley & Sons

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Glenn D. Considine

Glenn D. Considine specializes in managing information systems that serve science, engineering, and technology. An active member of the American Society of Metals and the Institute of Food Technology, he served as the managing editor for the Van Nostrand Reinhold Encyclopedia of Chemistry and the Standard Handbook of Industrial Automation.

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

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10

Copyright

2008

ISBN13

9780470559864

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eBook

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College Freshman - College Senior

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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.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Preface.
Representative Topical Coverage.
Acknowledgments.
1: AA.
2: AAAS.
3: Aardvark.
4: Aardwolf.
5: Abaca.
6: Abalone.
7: Abbe Condenser.
8: Abbe Number.
9: Abbe Sine Condition.
10: Abdomen.
11: Abel Equation.
12: Abelian Group.
13: Aberration of Light.
14: Aberration (Optical).
15: Abherent.
16: Ablate.
17: Ablating Material.
18: Ablating Nose Cone.
19: Ablation.
20: Ablation (Geomorphology).
21: Ablation (Glaciology).
22: Ablation (Meteorite).
23: Ablation (Spacecraft).
24: Ablative Materials.
25: Abney Effect.
26: Abrasion.
27: Abrasion pH.
28: Abrasives.
29: Absarokite.
30: Abscess.
31: Abscission.
32: Absolute.
33: Absolute Altimeter.
34: Absolute Altitude.
35: Absolute Angular Momentum.
36: Absolute Cavity Radiometer.
37: Absolute Coordinate System.
38: Absolute Delay.
39: Absolute Humidity.
40: Absolute Instability.
41: Absolute Magnitude (Symbol M).
42: Absolute Manometer.
43: Absolute Motion.
44: Absolute Pressure.
45: Absolute Radiation Scale (ARS).
46: Absolute Space-Time.
47: Absolute System of Units.
48: Absolute Temperature.
49: Absolute Vacuum.
50: Absolute Zero.
51: Absorbance.
52: Absorber.
53: Absorptimetry.
54: Absorption Band.
55: Absorption Coefficient.
56: Absorption Curve.
57: Absorption Discontinuity.
58: Absorption Edge.
59: Absorption (Energy).
60: Absorption (Physiology).
61: Absorption (Process).
62: Absorption Spectroscopy.
63: Absorption Spectrum.
64: Absorptivity (Optical).
65: Abundance.
66: Abundance Ratio.
67: Abyssal Hills.
68: Abyssal Plain.
69: Abyssal Rocks.
70: Abyssal Zone.
71: Acacia Trees.
72: Acanthocephala (Thorny-Headed Worms).
73: Acanthus.
74: Acaricide.
75: Acarina.
76: Accelerated Flight (Airplane).
77: Acceleration.
78: Acceleration (Due to Gravity).
79: Accelerator.
80: Accelerometer.
81: Acclimatization.
82: Accommodation Coefficient.
83: Accommodation (Ocular).
84:
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