Physical Sciences

403 articles from over 400 from authorities in the field. Each article includes cross-references and a current bibliography with many citations dated as late as 1990. An index and illustrations are included as well.

Experts from the world's foremost center for astronomical study are contributors to a comprehensive thematically arranged reference which reports on astronomy in the past, the latest astronomical findings, and the frontiers of current research.

Definitions for more than 6,000 terms and encompassing the essential language of organic and inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. Useful appendices are also included.

Contains over 10,000 monographs on single substances or groups of related compounds. It also includes an appendix with monographs on organic name reactions.

Presents influential research and thinking from the world's top scientists in their respective fields. In addition to discussing the most widely used form of energy, oil, this volume also looks at carbon emissions and climate change, hydrogen fuels, nuclear power, renewable energy sources and conservation, international strategies, and the leading scientific visionaries of the moment.

The author first describes the effect of the sun on the atmosphere and the creation of wind and waves, including the effects of global warming. For each type of renewable energy, from direct solar radiation to wind and biomass, there follows a technical description of the devices that can be used to transform the energy into useful forms. The concept of whole new energy systems based around wind, solar, and other energies is put into a real-life context.

A concise compilation of the most frequently used physics data and formulae with their derivations.

Some 800 alphabetical entries that examine both the theoretical and applied aspects of classical and modern physics.