A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guides)

A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guides) By Frederick H. Pough
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1998-01-15 | 416 Pages | ISBN: 039591096X | PDF (OCR from html) | 5.5 MB
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.


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Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (4 Volume Set)

By the same editors as the Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present (ABC-CLIO, 1996), this is a completely fresh work and, according to the introduction, of a more cross-disciplinary nature than the earlier one. The 430 entries touch a wide sports spectrum, from sports management to kinesiology; from anthropology and sociology to leisure studies; and from performance enhancement to policy analysis, in addition to individual sports and sporting events. The claim is that every sport, for men or women, in every country is covered. Specifically excluded are statistical information, rules of the games, and biographical sketches. Rather, the encyclopedia tries to illuminate the larger context within which sport takes place. The stated intent of the compilers is to hook students with sports to simultaneously inform them about topics such as history, culture, ethnicity, and international relations.

Many of the contributors are well known in their field and are often athletes themselves. Entries are alphabetical, average about three to five pages in length, and are followed by impressive and detailed lists of further reading (often a dozen or more sources, including scholarly journal articles). More than 1,000 pictures, illustrations, and examples of set-aside text (often quotations from relevant primary sources) appear throughout the volumes. An extensive index and cross-references are included, as is a "Reader's Guide," or topical table of contents breaking entries down into categories such as "College Sports," "Venues," "National (Country) Profiles," and "Sport in Society." The entry on Fan loyalty is emblematic of the whole. It begins with a reference to the Psychological Continuum Model, an idea articulated in a 2001 journal article in Sport Management Review (full citation provided). The entry makes numerous other scholarly references, while including sidebars--one containing a poem by Baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter Grantland Rice about the fan's anticipation of baseball season, and the other a quotation from noted contemporary sports columnist Thomas Boswell. A photograph of Portuguese soccer fans decorates the entry. The question of "Fan Loyalty--Good or Bad?" is entertained, all in four pages followed by 22 complete references. Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present also covers sports as a societal institution, but its 250 entries deal mostly with individual sports and sporting events. Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport, on the other hand, takes the treatment of the societal aspects of sports to another level, with entries not just for Baseball, to take one example, but also for Baseball nicknames, Baseball stadiums, and Baseball wives. Because the Berkshire set is a totally new work, even libraries that own the earlier title will want to consider it. It is a fine addition to any library at the high-school level or above.

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Encyclopedia of World Scientists

Author(s): Elizabeth H. Oakes. Pages : 960. Format : PDF.
"Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Revised Edition" is a diverse and comprehensive two-volume collection of biographies of scientists. This essential work contains fascinating stories of nearly 1,000 scientists - almost half of whom are female - who have contributed significantly to their fields. All scientific disciplines are represented, as well as all periods of history as far back as 400 BCE.
With more than 100 new entries and more than 200 photographs and illustrations, this revised edition highlights how scientists have overcome formidable obstacles while in pursuit of great achievements that have forever altered our understanding of the world. While this set brings together an array of well-known and lesser known scientists, providing the basic biographical details of their lives, the focus is on their work, with their scientific achievements presented in everyday language that makes even the most complex concepts accessible. The well-known scientific "greats" of history are featured, along with contemporary scientists whose work is just verging on greatness. Among these are many minority scientists who have often been excluded from similar books. Entries are organized by field, by country of birth, by country of major scientific activity, and by year of birth. Entries include: Charles Babbage; Clara Barton; George Washington Carver; Anders Celsius; Johannes Kepler; Eleanora Bliss Knopf; Mathilde Krim; Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; Rita Levi-Montalcini; Carl Linnaeus; Barbara McClintock; Margaret Mead; Louis Pasteur; Kate Olivia Sessions; Mary Edwards Walker; and, Karl Ziegler.

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