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Encyclopedia of the Essay
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Encyclopedia of the Essay
The Encyclopedia of the Essay is the first reference work entirely devoted to the essay as a genre. Essays on more than 400 writers from around the world are included, along with geographical surveys that provide an historical framework, entries on types of essays, and entries on important single essays. Entries on closely-related genres such as letters, journals, treatises, sermons and reviews expand and explore the fluid boundaries of the essay as genre.
 
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The Astronomy Encyclopedia (2002)
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The Astronomy Encyclopedia (2002) The Astronomy Encyclopedia (2002)
With more than 3,000 alphabetically arranged entries and 500 stunning color and black-and-white photographs, star maps, and diagrams. The Astronomy Encyclopedia covers everything that the general enthusiast--and the more serious researcher--would want to know about planets, stars, galaxies, and our universe. Here is concise, reliable information on the whole field of astronomy, ranging from adaptive optics and cold dark matter, to Islamic astronomy and the lens defect known as vignetting

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Popular Psychology - An Encyclopedia
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Popular Psychology - An Encyclopedia Popular Psychology
An Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia is for high school and college students and general readers.
Major themes include the biological basis of behavior, drugs and chemicals, popular movements, pseudoscience, psychological theories and ideas, and treatments.

 
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Geo-Data: World Geographical Encyclopedia (3rd Edition)
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Geo-Data: World Geographical Encyclopedia (3rd Edition)Geo-Data: World Geographical Encyclopedia (3rd Edition)
It achieves its purpose in an easy-to-use alphabetical arrangement for all of the world's 207 countries and dependencies. Each entry begins with the key facts about that country including longest rivers and highest mountains and other key statistics. All place-names and geographical features such as mountains and lakes have been listed in the most easily recognized versions of their names.

 
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Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Volumes 1 - 3
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Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Volumes 1 - 3 Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Volumes 1 - 3
Edited by:
Moore , J.H.; Spencer, N.D. © 2001 Institute of Physics

 

This three-volume encyclopedia is a comprehensive survey of the present state of knowledge and the research frontier in nearly every area of chemical physics and physical chemistry … The goal has been to make each article enjoyable, informative, and concisely relevant to its named topic. These goals are well met … In its discussions, the encyclopedia strikes an excellent balance between theory and applications … [it] is a most remarkable and successful enterprise, and makes very enjoyable reading … It belongs in every university science library.
The Encyclopedia of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics is a major new reference work that any chemist and physicist can turn to for an introduction to an unfamiliar area, an explanation of important experimental and computational techniques, and a description of modern endeavors.
It is intended for a reader with a solid undergraduate education in physics or chemistry, including mechanics electricity and magnetism, differential equations, simple matrix algebra, chemical nomenclature and the basics of chemical spectroscopy. In addition, the reader has knowledge of quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics at the level of an undergraduate physical chemistry text.

 
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