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Science Encyclopedia

Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal Grade 4-8-Either one of these titles makes a practical alternative to the recent flood of multivolume surveys-the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Science (Macmillan, 1991), the New Book of Popular Science (Grolier, 1990), etc. Both are up to date, hasty but accurate, and the products of about a dozen authors. Both combine crisp, brightly colored illustrations with unintimidating blocks of text printed in various sizes and styles, boxed sidebars and capsule biographies, cross-references, and indexes. In the Dorling Kindersley volume, technical terms, as well as the charts, tables, and formulas, have settled into a large appendix. The articles are not recycled from the "Eyewitness" books, although many cover the same territory; they are arranged in procrustean, 30-page, topical groups ("Weather" and "Living Things" receive the same amount of space), written in a breezy style, and supported by plenty of photos and paintings. The scattershot page design favors browsing over sustained study, but the book's now-familiar look will be appealing to readers less practiced in the research arts. Besides considerably greater length (it was originally publ

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