The McGraw-Hill Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Release 1.1 delivers the complete world of science in a single CD-ROM. Spectacular color images, superb animations, crystal clear audio presentation, and interactive maps, charts, and tables allow exploration of scientific information in ways that transcend the printed page. combining the strengths of the award-winning McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, this revolutionary research and learning tool provides instant access to authoritative information in 81 major areas of science and engineering. features Contains all current entries from the 20-volume, 13,450-page McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology; Includes full text of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Fifth Edition, with 105,100 terms and 122,600 definitions; 7,500 articles covering every science and engineering discipline, with thousands of hypertext links that automatically connect the user to related articles; 650 photos, line drawings, maps, sky maps, and charts; 50 brilliant animation sequences accompanied by 60 minutes of audio narrations bring you the world of science to life; Full text search using key work, Boolean and context-relevant searching; 250 biographies of historically important scientists with cross references to relevant encyclopedia articles.
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