McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11/e
ISBN: 0071792732 / 9780071792738
Pre-pub price: $3200 (thru 12/31/12)
$3700 thereafter
Pub Date: September 2012
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The 11th edition is a major revision with 2500 new and thoroughly revised entries and updates to the more than 7000 entries.
Text is complement by 13,000 two-color illustrations and 100 full-color plates.
Coverage spans the hottest fields of science and technology, including:
- Cell, developmental, and molecular biology - with articles on stem cell technology, new insights into RNA functions
- Climate science and meteorology, with full background on climate change research
- Cloud computing, data warehousing, computer security among many other areas of information technology
- Cosmology including coverage of dark matter, dark energy, and advances in the study of the age and shape of the universe
- Environmental science with the latest on environmental conservation, and novel energy sources
- Engineering - civil, chemical, electrical, environmental, mechanical, metallurgical, and other areas extensively updated