Ran Hse Ency.3ed

by Mitchell Beazley

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394584503
• ISBN13: 9780394584508
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Random House Reference Publishing
• Length: 2781 Pages
• Weight: 11.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.3" x 9.1" x 13.8"

Customer Reviews

The best one volume reference book ever published.

It has been said that an encyclopedia contains a little bit about everything and not much about anything. Never has anything been more true about a single volume work. Containing the world's basic knowledge, the Random House Encyclopedia is a breathtaking collection of over 11,000 color pictures, paintings, photographs, diagrams, illustrations, drawings, maps and charts. Divided into two sections, The "Alphapedia" provides a standard text and black and white photo mini encyclopedia. It also provides a quick factual alphabetic index to the book's better half, the "Colorpedia." It is within the "Colorpedia" section that the Random House editors have created an extraordinary collection of text and images of the world's basic knowledge. Its unique organization by grand themes such as "The Universe," "Man," "History And Culture," "Man and Science", "Man and Machines" makes the spectrum of human knowledge unfold in an entertaining, colorful, and cohesive manner. Each subject, presented in a double page spread, can be read by itself, yet a "connection" section on the page relates to topics that precede and follow. The result is a book that allows you to turn to any page and have your mind receive information in a natural, visual, thematic way. This is simply the best one volume reference book I have ever encountered