Publisher's Synopsis
Over 120 specialists have researched and prepared the 17,000-plus entries of this state-of-the-art one-volume encyclopedia. It is the only reference book of its kind to be not only endorsed, but actually written by the key authorities in each branch of human knowledge today.;The result is, in effect, a one-volume library designed to reflect the latest and most up-to-date state of its many fields.;The photographs, drawings and diagrams, plus the dozens of quick-reference tables have been compiled under the supervision of the Editorial Board. Virtually every country in the world is represented in the some 150 individual maps - this in addition to the ful-colour atlas section that provides an overall view of the world.
