Compton's Encyclopedia (Volume on Life Sciences)

Author: [US] Dale Good, Editor-in-Chief, Yang Zhendan, et al., Translators
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Compton's Encyclopedia is one of the best-selling and most renowned sets of encyclopedias in the United States. Since its first publication in early 1922, it has been continuously updated and has gained widespread favor among readers, earning praise as a household reading encyclopedia and a teaching reference book that is both easy to understand and engaging. The 1994 edition comprises 26 volumes, divided into the main text and an index of facts. It includes over 10,000 exquisite illustrations, with a corresponding Chinese translation of approximately 17 million words. The main text consists of 25 volumes, containing 5,700 entries, all carefully selected and written by experts from various fields, then refined together by writers and editors. If readers refer to the entries in the main text section, they can further obtain relevant information.