Van Nostrand's Concise Encyclopedia of Science

by Alan Axelrod and Christopher G. De Pree

Book Overview

The most comprehensive one-volume scientific desk reference available Based on the new 4,000-page, two-volume Van Nostrand's Science Encyclopedia, Ninth Edition, the best scientific encyclopedia... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471363316
• ISBN13: 9780471363316
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.9" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Visually pleasing

If you are trying to write a science encyclopedia for under 700 pages, the biggest issue is probably what to leave out. In part, this is dictated by what type of audience you are targeting. The editors seem to have pitched this offering towards a high school crowd, or perhaps also towards primary schools. A nice, colourful reference, with text that is carefully written to a general audience. Understandably, there is an emphasis on topics with visual appeal. Nothing wrong with this, if it gets readers into the book.The book is also economically priced. Affordable to school libraries on tight budgets.