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Illustrated Dictionary of Science

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Allaby, Michael.
Allaby, Michael

ISBN: 9780816032532
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Facts On File Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition


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This newly revised and expanded edition, originally published as The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Science, explains matter and energy (physics); the science of living things (biology) and particularly of humans (medicine); our understanding of the Earth (geology and physical geography) and of the Universe (astronomy); and the practical apparatus of science (technology)…

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This volume enables everyone to understand the language and concepts of science. More than 7,000 succinct entries and 150 full-color illustrations define such terms as space probe, single-celled organism, atomic physics, plate tectonics, hormone, and many more.
 
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