Provides biographical profiles of more than one hundred male and female scientists, from antiquity to the present, whose work has contributed to the study of weather and climate and impacted society in lasting ways.
Presents a comprehensive reference for high school and college biology students and includes over eight hundred cross-referenced entries and illustrated photographs and charts on topics such as cloning, gene therapy, vaccines, chromosomes, blood identification, and the history of cytogenetics.
Contains over two thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on terms, discoveries, and notable people in the field of chemistry, and includes four topical essays, illustrations, photographs, and charts.
