Summary
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia published in the United States. Currently in a three volume 10th edition, it was published in two volumes for editions 6 to 9. The 8th edition is available as two CD ROMs.
| Subject | science, engineering, and technology |
|---|---|
| Publisher | D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. |
Publication date | 1938[1] |
The first edition was published in 1938 by the D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.[2][3] From about 1976 the encyclopedia was published by the Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.[4] From the late 1990s it was published by John Wiley and Sons and by Wiley-Interscience.
More than 4,000 pages long, the work provides a thorough scientific reference, while establishing a midpoint between massive multi-volume science encyclopedias and handheld reference books.
This work is sometimes compared to the McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
References edit
- ^ Lisle Abbott Rose (1950). Engineering Reports. Harper.
- ^ Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia; aeronautics, astronomy, botany, chemistry, engineering, geology, mathematics, medicine, mineralogy, navigation, physics, zoology, New York: D. Van Nostrand company, Inc. c. 1938, loc.gov. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ L., H. R. (1938). "Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia". Nature. 142 (3602): 853–854. Bibcode:1938Natur.142..853H. doi:10.1038/142853a0. PMC 199381.
- ^ Dennis Brooks (4 March 2015). Earth's Magnetic Field Secrets: An Illusion Mixed With Reality. Speedy Publishing LLC. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-68127-485-0.