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The result of these revision efforts are the 7,100 articles in this ninth edition, each written by one or more experts nominated by the consulting editors. A total of approximately 5,000 experts from universities, industry, and government agencies have contributed to this work; 29 Nobel Prize winners are among these international authors.
Since the Encyclopedia is used primarily by non-specialists, care has been given to structure the articles such that the reader has ready access to the key concepts of the field. Articles start with a definition and a concise overview of the topic. Among the hallmarks of the Encyclopedia are the numerous cross references to related articles - more than 60,000 in this edition - that not only allow the reader to acquire background information, or to study in greater depth, but also help illuminate the context of the material and broader connections among topics. With the reader in mind, special care also has been given during the editing of the Encyclopedia to the clarity of the writing and consistency of style throughout.
More than 12,000 illustrations enhance the text and allow the reader to visualize concepts. These include photographic images, two-color graphs, charts, and maps redrawn for uniformity of style, and 93 full-color plates. Hundreds of tables provide useful data, and, where appropriate, chemical formulas and reactions are included as well as mathematical equations. Additional articles and tables in volume 20 explain scientific notation and the dual systems for units of measurement - the U.S. Customary System and the International System (SI) - used throughout the text. The reader will also find an extensive table of conversion factors for the measurement systems, symbols used in scientific writing, and additional ancillary material.
Subject areas covered include:
Advanced manufacturing technology
·Expert control systems
·Functional analysis and modeling
·Product quality
·Product usability
·Reengineering
·Scheduling
·Virtual manufacturing
Astronomy and cosmology
·Cosmology
·Kuiper belt
·Space station
Biotechnology, cell biology, and genetics
·Biosensor
·Breeding
·Chromosome
·Forensic biology
·Human genome project
·Molecular anthropology
·Peroxisomes
·Second messengers
·Signal transduction
Computational chemistry and chemical engineering
·Catenanes
·Combinatorial chemistry
·Metallochaperones
·Microdialysis sampling
·Molecular simulation
·Photoaffinity labeling
·Supramolecular chemistry
Computing and Telecommunications
·Client/Server system
·Data mining
·Distributed systems
·Flat panel display device
·Internet
·World Wide Web
Environment and energy
·Alternative fuel vehicle
·Biodiversity
·Disease ecology
·Ecological competition
·Electric vehicle
·Global climate change
·Invasion ecology
·Restoration ecology
Geosciences and climate
·Deep-marine sediments
·Geodynamo
·Geophysical fluid dynamics
·Sea-floor imaging
·Stratospheric chemistry
·Supercontinent
Nanotechnology
·Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
·Micro-optical-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS)
·Micro-opto-mechanical systems (MOMS)
·Molecular machine
Physics
·Atom laser
·Bose-Einstein condensation
·Neutrino
·Quarks
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