Category: Encyclopedias

By Timothy L. Gall

By Jane Inman

Interpreting the various our bodies that submit respectable fabric, this booklet describes the categories of fabric released, the way it is made to be had and the way it truly is recorded. discovering legitimate British details specializes in the electronic availability of reliable info and considers how a lot is now freely to be had on the internet and the way to find it in addition to addressing problems with net simply publishing. It covers public our bodies within the united kingdom and comprises guides issued via significant and native govt in addition to the devolved assemblies and the various different enterprises that factor professional publications.

• Quick 'how to discover' part for every area
• Designed for the non-specialist
• Covering important and native govt, the devolved assemblies and different public our bodies within the united kingdom

By William L. O'Neill

Global struggle II used to be the bloodiest and farthest-reaching army clash in human heritage, which led to the annihilation of a few 60 million humans. This authoritative and thorough quantity summarizes the fundamental information about the struggle in shiny, obtainable entries. It gains: * short biographical pix of impressive army and political leaders, from Bradley to Zhukov * informative analyses of important battles and political occasions, from blitzkrieg to Yalta* info on army corporations, military, army, and air strength devices, and theaters of battle * descriptions of person weapon periods, from flame throwers to U-boats * insightful articles on war-related matters, reminiscent of domestic entrance and financing the battle * profiles of the major engaging international locations * rationalization of war-specific phrases, comparable to unconditional quit and civil safeguard * entries on lesser identified topics--including Navajo code breakers and Afrika corps * additional studying lists following each one access * an inventory of museums and old websites, together with online details * a whole chronology of vital dates * Cross-references following every one access whereas focusing totally on the yank conflict attempt, the writer has included broad fabric concerning the different significant individuals within the conflictnotably the Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, nice Britain, France, Italy, and China. O'Neill doesn't hesitate to take on debatable issues--from the atomic bomb to the shortcoming of an American heavy tank. Over 220 pictures and maps, and a close index make international conflict II: A pupil significant other a very good introductory source for college kids and readers attracted to glossy historical past.

By David Statt

With elevated insurance in components like human family members administration, enterprise economics, company process, monetary administration, info expertise, and administration accounting and advertising, this moment variation of The Concise Dictionary of commercial administration has been thoroughly revised and up to date to mirror the altering international of labor and new expertise. it's been elevated to incorporate many new phrases and buzzwords similar to: contracting out, telecommuting, occupational selection, glass ceiling, superwoman, digital brainstorming, net and digital company. it's the excellent speedy reference advisor for college students and pros eager to lower throughout the jargon of commercial and administration.

By Richard W. Kroon

Because the invention of the stereoscope in 1830, stereoscopic 3D has remained at the leading edge of the media and leisure undefined. each 20 to 30 years, a brand new new release rediscovers stereo filmmaking, fueling its resurgence with extra twists brought by way of the technological developments of the intervening years. This encyclopedic dictionary deals a definitive compilation of data at the artwork and technological know-how of stereoscopic 3D, together with nonetheless and relocating pictures; movie and electronic picture acquisition; creation, post-production, distribution, and exhibition; and human visible belief. as well as normal dictionary definitions, it comprises many prolonged encyclopedic entries and approximately three hundred black-and-white and colour illustrations. Taking the secret out of 3D's precise language, the paintings offers a foundation for transparent verbal exchange between pros and old context for these new to the self-discipline.

By Brian Stableford

Technology fiction is a literary style in line with clinical hypothesis. Works of technological know-how fiction use the tips and the vocabulary of all sciences to create legitimate narratives that discover the longer term results of technological know-how on occasions and humans. technology truth and technological know-how Fiction examines in a single quantity how technology has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser quantity, how technological know-how fiction has motivated the sciences. even though assurance will speak about the technology at the back of the fiction from the Classical Age to the current, concentration is of course at the nineteenth century to the current, while the economic Revolution and magnificent growth in technology and know-how prompted an inflow of science-fiction works speculating at the destiny. As clinical advancements modify expectancies for the longer term, the literature absorbs, makes use of, and adapts such contextual visions. The aim of the Encyclopedia isn't to provide a catalog of sciences and their program in literary fiction, yet relatively to review the continued circulation andcounterflow of impacts, together with how fictional representations of technological know-how have an effect on how we view its perform and disciplines. even though the main target is on literature, other kinds of technology fiction, together with movie and games, are explored and, simply because technology is a global subject, works from non-English conversing international locations are mentioned as wanted.

By M. Thomas Inge

Providing a complete view of the South's literary panorama, previous and current, this quantity of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture celebrates the region's ever-flourishing literary tradition and acknowledges the continued evolution of the southern literary canon. As new writers draw upon and reshape earlier traditions, southern literature has broadened and deepened its connections not only to the yankee literary mainstream but in addition to global literatures--a improvement thoughtfully explored within the essays here.

Greatly increasing the content material of the literature part within the unique Encyclopedia, this quantity contains 31 thematic essays addressing significant genres of literature; theoretical different types, comparable to regionalism, the southern gothic, and agrarianism; and topics in southern writing, equivalent to nutrients, faith, and sexuality. such a lot extraordinary is the fivefold elevate within the variety of biographical entries, which introduce southern novelists, playwrights, poets, and critics. particular awareness is given to modern writers and different people who haven't been extensively coated in past scholarship.

By Jean-Luc Lebrun

Provided that medical fabric will be challenging to realize, sustained cognizance and reminiscence retention develop into significant reader demanding situations. medical writers mustn't ever purely current their technological know-how, but in addition work flat out to generate and maintain the curiosity of readers. Attention-getters, sentence development, expectation-setting, and reminiscence offloaders are crucial units to maintain readers and reviewers engaged. the author must have a transparent knowing of the position performed through each one a part of a paper, from its attention-grabbing name to its eye-opening end. This ebook walks during the major components of a paper; that's, these components which create the serious first influence. the original process during this booklet is its specialize in the reader instead of the author. Senior scientists who supervise employees and postgraduates can use the publication to check drafts and to aid with the writing in addition to the technological know-how. younger researchers can locate reliable guidance that lessen the confusion all new writers face. released scientists can ultimately circulation from what feels correct to what's correct, choosing blunders they proposal have been applicable, and entirely appreciating their accountability: to lead the reader alongside conscientiously laid-out interpreting tracks.

By Thomas G. Brown, Katherine Creath, Herwig Kogelnik, Michael Kriss, Joanna Schmit, Marvin J. Weber

Written via across the world well-known specialists, the prime quality of the articles presents liable details on subject matters of present curiosity in commercial and educational examine in addition to historical past wisdom. protecting either theoretical and utilized optics, each one article has not just an inventory of references brought up within the textual content but additionally a consultant to extra examining. every one article additionally concludes with a thesaurus containing the technical phrases valuable for the subject into consideration. all through, the subject material is handled in an educational, straight forward method instead of as a natural reference and is supplemented by means of references mentioned within the textual content and a list of significant experiences and books.

By Frank Hitchens

The Encyclopedia of Aerodynamics used to be written for pilots in any respect degrees from deepest pilot to airline pilot, army pilots and scholars of aerodynamics as an entire reference handbook to aerodynamic terminology. basic aerodynamic textual content books for pilots are really constrained of their scope whereas aerodynamic textual content books for engineering scholars contain complicated calculus. The references during this booklet, The Encyclopedia of Aerodynamics, are essentially defined and in simple terms easy algebra is utilized in a couple of references yet is totally with out any calculus - a bonus to many readers. Over 1400 references are incorporated with replacement phrases used the place acceptable and cross-referenced all through. The textual content is illustrated with 178 pictures and ninety six diagrams. The Encyclopedia of Aerodynamics is a perfect aerodynamic reference handbook for any pilot’s bookshelf.