Compton Encyclopedia of Technology and Economics

Author: Wu Hengkang et al. (Compilers)
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Features: The 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 consists of 26 volumes, divided into the main text and a fact index, with over 10,000 exquisite illustrations, approximately corresponding to 17 million words in Chinese translation. The main text portion comprises 25 volumes, containing 5,700 entries, all carefully selected and written by experts from various fields, then refined together with writers and editors. If readers refer to the content of the entries in the main text portion, they can further obtain additional information.