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Interspersed among the biographies are a number of two-page "Special Reports" that provide a more thematic approach. For example, following the entry for Otis Barton, who designed the bathysphere for undersea exploration, there is a report on "Exploring the Ocean Floor." A detailed cumulative index is repeated in each volume, and indexes by occupation, nationality and ethnicity, and century appear in volume 8. Volume 8 also has a glossary, a "List of Other Reference Sources," and list of Nobel Prize winners.
There are several other science biography reference sources for a similar age group. The World Book set has some advantage in currency over The Grolier Library of Science Biographies (1996), which gives brief summaries of 2,000 professional careers. Marshall Cavendish's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists (1998) covers just 500 people but generally provides more information, including bibliographies that list major works by as well as about each scientist. UXL's Scientists: Their Lives and Work (1997-2002) is now up to seven volumes treating around 280 scientists in profiles of three to seven pages. Despite the fact that it deals with so many scientists, World Book's coverage in some areas, such as African American scientists, seems skimpy--there are just 14. School and public libraries could purchase this set to provide breadth, knowing they may need to supplement it with other resources. RBB
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