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A to Z of women in science and math (#24595T4) by Yount, Lisa. Publisher's Hardcover Rev. ed. xv, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. $59.96 Price guaranteed through 01/28/2010 Title Details Title: A to Z of women in science and math / Lisa Yount. Publisher: Facts On File, p2008, c2008 ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6695-7 ISBN-10: 0-8160-6695-7 LCCN: 2007023966 Dewey: 509.2 Classifications: Reference Collective Biography Nonfiction Interest Level: YA Series: A to Z of women;Facts on File library of world history Included in These Sets/Series: A To Z Of Women Subjects: Women scientists Biography Encyclopedias. Women mathematicians Biography Encyclopedias. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Profiles 195 women throughout history to have achieved prominence and success in the fields of math and science including eighteenth-century Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, African-American physicist Shirley Ann Jackson, and British zoologist Valerie Jane Goodall.

Biotechnology : changing life through science [multi-volume set] (#21359T3)

Publisher's Hardcover
3 v. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

$189.96
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Title: Biotechnology : changing life through science [multi-volume set] / K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.

Publisher: UXL , p2007, c2007

ISBN-13: 978-1-41440-151-5 ISBN-10: 1-41440-151-5	LCCN: 2006029356
Dewey: 660.6	Classifications: Reference
Interest Level: YA

Subjects:

Biotechnology.

Tracings: Lerner, K. Lee. ; Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.;Vol. 1. Medicine -- v. 2. Agriculture -- v. 3. Industry. Contains over 150 entries that provide information about various aspects of biotechnology and its real-world applications, covering topics in medicine, agriculture, and industry; and includes photographs, charts, and illustrations, a time line of advances in biotechnology, sidebars, definitions, resources, and indexes.

Chemistry matters! [multi-volume set] (#07934T7)

Publisher's Hardcover
10 v. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

$330.65
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Title: Chemistry matters! [multi-volume set]

Publisher: Grolier, p2007, c2007

ISBN-13: 978-0-7172-6194-9 ISBN-10: 0-7172-6194-8	LCCN: 2006026209
Dewey: 540	Classifications: Reference
Interest Level: YA

Subjects:

Chemistry Encyclopedias.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.;v. 1. Atoms and molecules / Tom Jackson -- 2. States of matter / Allan B. Cobb -- 3. Chemical reactions / Krista West -- 4. Energy and reactions / Chris Cooper -- 5. The periodic table / Leon Gray -- 6. Metals and metalloids / Krista West -- 7. Nonmetals / Allan B. Cobb -- 8. Organic chemistry / Martin Clowes -- 9. Biochemistry / Kyle Kirkland -- 10. Chemistry in action / Allan B. Cobb. Diagrams, illustrations, sidebars, and text offer an exploration of chemistry, discussing atoms, molecules, states of matter, chemical reactions, energy and reactions, the periodic table, metals, nonmetals, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and the applications of chemistry, and including periodic tables, glossaries, and activities.

Encyclopedia of evolution (#22528S4)

by Rice, Stanley A., 1957-

Publisher's Hardcover
xv, 468 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

$84.96
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Title: Encyclopedia of evolution / Stanley A. Rice ; foreword by Massimo Pigliucci.

Publisher: Facts On File, p2007, c2007

ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5515-9 ISBN-10: 0-8160-5515-7	LCCN: 2005031646
Dewey: 576.8	Classifications: Reference
Interest Level: YA

Series: Facts on File science library

Subjects:

Evolution Encyclopedias.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 437) and index. Contains over two hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on topics related to evolution, and includes five essays that explore ethical issues related to evolutionary science, biographies of modern revolutionary scientists, illustrations, and a summary of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."

Encyclopedia of scientific principles, laws, and theories [multi-volume set] (#16627WX)

by Krebs, Robert E., 1922-

Publisher's Hardcover
2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.

$215.95
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Title: Encyclopedia of scientific principles, laws, and theories [multi-volume set] / Robert E. Krebs ; illustrations by Rae Dejur.

Publisher: Greenwood Press, p2008, c2008

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34005-5 ISBN-10: 0-313-34005-6	LCCN: 2008002345
Dewey: 503	Classifications: Reference
Interest Level: YA

Subjects:

Science Encyclopedias. Science History Encyclopedias. Physical sciences Encyclopedias.

Tracings: Dejur, Rae.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.;v. 1. A-K -- 2. L-Z. Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on key principles, laws, theories, hypotheses, and concepts in the history of the natural sciences, including physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, and mathematics.

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Encyclopedia of world scientists [multi-volume set] (#13692TX) by Oakes, Elizabeth H., 1964- Publisher's Hardcover Rev. ed. 2 v. : ill. ; 29 cm. $169.96 Price guaranteed through 01/28/2010 Title Details Title: Encyclopedia of world scientists [multi-volume set] / Elizabeth H. Oakes. Publisher: Facts on File, p2007, c2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6158-7 ISBN-10: 0-8160-6158-0 LCCN: 2007006076 Dewey: 509 Classifications: Reference Collective Biography Nonfiction Interest Level: YA Series: Facts on File science library Subjects: Scientists Biography Encyclopedias. Notes: "This is a revised edition of Encyclopedia of world scientists ... and International encyclopedia of women scientists"--T.p. verso.;Includes bibliographical references and index.;Vol. 1. A-K -- v. 2. L-Z. Contains brief biographies of nearly 1,000 scientists whose work has had a significant and lasting influence on society and/or their discipline. Arranged alphabetically, with photographs.

The Facts on File dictionary of environmental science (#01918T6)

by Wyman, Bruce C.

Publisher's Hardcover
3rd ed.
xi, 498 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

$49.50
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Title: The Facts on File dictionary of environmental science / Bruce Wyman, L. Harold Stevenson.

Publisher: Facts on File, p2007, c2007

ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6437-3 ISBN-10: 0-8160-6437-7	LCCN: 2006045697
Dewey: 628	Classifications: Reference
Interest Level: YA

Series: Facts on File science library

Subjects:

Environmental engineering Dictionaries. Environmental protection Dictionaries. Environmental sciences Dictionaries.

Tracings: Stevenson, L. Harold, 1940-

Notes: Contains more than five thousand cross-referenced, alphabetized entries on topics in environmental science, covering such areas as agriculture, biology, chemistry, engineering, geology, government, law, medicine, microbiology, and toxicology.

Scientific thought : in context [multi-volume set] (#16327YX)

Publisher's Hardcover
3 v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

$403.96

Title Details

Title: Scientific thought : in context [multi-volume set] / K. Lee Lerner & Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.

Publisher: Gale, p2009, c2009

ISBN-13: 978-1-41440-298-7 ISBN-10: 1-41440-298-8	LCCN: 2007051972
Dewey: 500	Classifications: Reference
Interest Level: YA

Subjects:

Science Philosophy. Science Methodology.

Tracings: Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth. ; Lerner, K. Lee.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.;Vol. 1. Astronomy and cosmology to biotechnology -- 2. Chemistry to science philosophy and practice -- 3. Cronology, sources consulted, general index. A collection of alphabetically arranged articles that provides information about scientific thought and its cultural connections. Includes a chronology, a glossary, a bibliography, a general index, sidebars, primary sources, and images.