Designed for high-school students and lay adults, this collection of entries covers major areas of science including: biology, genetics, microbiology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, engineering, technology, geology, weather, archaeology, psychology, mathematics, and medicine, and provides readers with a wide range of up-to-date, relevant, and accurate information.

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Contents -- Topic list -- Organization of the encyclopedia -- Advisory board -- Contributors -- Volume 1. Aardvark - Chaos -- Volume 2. Charge-coupled device - Eye -- Volume 3. Factor - Kuru -- Volume 4. Lacewings - Pharmacogenetics -- Volume 5. Pheasants - Star -- Volume 6. Star cluster - Zooplankton -- General index.