Funding Information: This book is published under Platinum Open Access through IGI Global's Transformative Open Access Initiative with University of North Texas, USA. Participant in invited National Science Foundation/National Research Council (USA) project to develop a science education research agenda for the next decade (only participant from outside North America)

Member Working Party for Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council study on primary school science and technology, to develop advice for Federal Minister of Education Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-02-14 09:00:36 Boxid IA1775302 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Presents a comprehensive encyclopedia containing over seven thousand articles covering all aspects of science and technology Aligned with national science standards and high school science curricula, topics cover all major areas of science, such asphysical science, life science, earth and space science, and technology. Alphabetically arranged entries and full-color photos provide a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific subjects, and define terms. From acoustics to zoology, the bestselling, authoritative encyclopedia that brings the latest in science and technology to students. Celebrating more than 50 years of bringing knowledge to readers at all levels of study, the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11th Edition provides need-to-know information in the major disciplines of science and technology. All entries are commissioned from leading authorities in their fields; each is technically reviewed, signed, edited, illustrated, and produced to the highest standards for ease of access and comprehension. The text is accompanied by 13,000 two-color illustrations and 100 full-color plates throughout. A dedicated index volume provides you with easy access to information through subject and author indexes and study and topical guides. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11th Edition is a major revision, with 2,500 new and thoroughly revised entries, and updates on more than 7,000 entries. Coverage spans the hottest fields of science and technology. - PublisherThe Friends of the SEP Society Fund: containing membership dues from individuals who have joined the Friends of the SEP Society to obtain such member benefits as nicely formatted PDF versions of SEP entries.

Development work and guidance for a number of science and mathematics curriculum development projects funded by the Netherlands Government in Southern Africa urn:lcp:mcgrawhillencycl0001unse:epub:51849097-d068-4207-bfd3-e95c5ea9eea1 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier mcgrawhillencycl0001unse Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2p642x21 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780071778343 We are pleased and grateful that despite its then being very much a work in progress, this third edition of the encyclopedia won the 2012 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Nonfiction, the 2012 European SF Society award as Best Promoter (of the sf genre) and the 2012 Hugo for Best Related Work.

He has given research and policy advice to, and undertaken evaluations for, universities in many countries, national and international research bodies, national and international education systems and other stake holders. More recent examples include: The launch of this new version in October 2011 climaxed thirty-five years of work (with breaks) for the senior editors, and was much expanded from previous editions of the Encyclopedia: the 1979 First Edition published by Granada in the UK and Doubleday in America, with Peter Nicholls, who had conceived and contracted the project in 1975, serving as General Editor; and the 1993 Second Edition published by Orbit in the UK and St Martin's Press in America, edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, which itself took on various forms over the years. Two of its reprintings (in 1995, augmented in 1999) featured an appendix listing corrections and addenda; and a separate CD-ROM version, which added over 65,000 words to the original text (see Introduction to the CD-ROM Edition), also appeared in 1995 from Grolier Electronic Publishing as Grolier Science Fiction: the Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.