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Gale encyclopedia of science / K. Lee Lerner & Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.— 3rd ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7876-7554-7 (set) — ISBN 0-7876-7555-5 (v. 1) — ISBN 0-7876-7556-3 (v. 2) — ISBN 0-7876-7557-1 (v. 3) — ISBN 0-7876-7558-X (v. 4) — ISBN 0-7876-7559-8 (v. 5) — ISBN 0-7876-7560-1 (v. 6) 1. Science—Encyclopedias. I. Lerner, K. Lee. II. Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth. Q121.G37 2004 503—dc22 2003015731...
Bridges Bristletails Brittle star Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae) Bronchitis Brown dwarf Brownian motion Brucellosis Bryophyte Bubonic plague Buckminsterfullerene Buckthorn Buckwheat Buds and budding Buffer Building design/architecture Bulbuls Bunsen burner Buoyancy, principle of Buret Burn Bustards Buttercup Butterflies Butterfly fish Butyl group Butylated hydroxyanisole Butylated hydroxytoluene Buzzards...
Cross section Crows and jays Crustacea Cryobiology Cryogenics Cryptography, encryption, and number theory Crystal Cubic equations Cuckoos Curare Curlews Currents Curve Cushing syndrome Cuttlefish Cybernetics Cycads Cyclamate Cyclone and anticyclone Cyclosporine Cyclotron Cystic fibrosis Cytochrome Cytology...
Elephant snout fish Elephantiasis Elevator Ellipse Elm Embiids Embolism Embryo and embryonic development Embryo transfer Embryology Emission Emphysema Emulsion Encephalitis Endangered species Endemic Endocrine system Endoprocta Endoscopy Endothermic Energy Energy budgets Energy efficiency Energy transfer Engineering Engraving and etching Enterobacteria Entropy Environmental ethics Environmental impact statement Enzymatic engineering Enzyme Epidemic Epidemiology Epilepsy Episomes Epstein-Barr virus Equation, chemical Equilibrium, chemical Equinox Erosion Error Escherichia coli Ester Esterification Ethanol Ether...
Microclimate Microorganisms Microscope Microscopy Microtechnology Microwave communication Migraine headache Migration Mildew Milkweeds Milky Way Miller-Urey Experiment Millipedes Mimicry Mineralogy Minerals Mining Mink Minnows Minor planets Mint family Mir Space Station Mirrors Miscibility Mistletoe Mites Mitosis Mixture, chemical Möbius strip Mockingbirds and thrashers Mode Modular arithmetic Mohs’ scale Mold Mole Mole-rats Molecular biology Molecular formula Molecular geometry Molecular weight Molecule Moles Mollusks Momentum Monarch flycatchers Mongooses Monitor lizards Monkeys
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Spurge family Square Square root Squid Squirrel fish Squirrels Stalactites and stalagmites Standard model Star Star cluster Star formation Starburst galaxy Starfish Starlings States of matter Statistical mechanics Statistics Steady-state theory Steam engine Steam pressure sterilizer Stearic acid Steel Stellar evolution Stellar magnetic fields Stellar magnitudes Stellar populations Stellar structure Stellar wind Stem cells Stereochemistry Sticklebacks Stilts and avocets Stimulus Stone and masonry Stoneflies Storks Storm Storm surge Strata Stratigraphy Stratigraphy (archeology) Stream capacity and competence Stream valleys, channels, and floodplains Strepsiptera Stress Stress, ecological String theory
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Time Tinamous Tissue Tit family Titanium Toadfish Toads Tomato family Tongue worms Tonsillitis Topology Tornado Torque Torus Total solar irradiance Toucans Touch Towers of Hanoi Toxic shock syndrome Toxicology Trace elements Tragopans Trains and railroads Tranquilizers Transcendental numbers Transducer Transformer Transgenics Transistor Transitive Translations Transpiration Transplant, surgical Trapezoid Tree Tree shrews Trichinosis Triggerfish Triglycerides Trigonometry Tritium Trogons Trophic levels Tropic birds Tropical cyclone Tropical diseases Trout-perch True bugs
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• The author’s name appears at the end of longer entries. His or her affiliation can be found in the “Contributors” section at the front of each volume. • “See also” references appear at the end of entries to point readers to related entries. • Cross references placed throughout the encyclopedia direct readers to where information on subjects without their own entries can be found. • A comprehensive, two-level General Index guides readers to all topics, illustrations, tables, and persons mentioned in the book.
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Kenneth L. Frazier Science Teacher (retired) North Olmstead High School North Olmstead, Ohio Bill Freedman Professor Department of Biology and School for Resource and Environmental Studies Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia T. A. Freeman Consulting Archaeologist Quail Valley, California Elaine Friebele Science Writer Cheverly, Maryland Randall Frost Documentation Engineering Pleasanton, California Agnes Galambosi, M.S. Climatologist Eotvos Lorand University Budapest, Hungary Robert Gardner Science Education Consultant North Eastham, Massachusetts Gretchen M. Gillis Senior Geologist Maxus Exploration Dallas, Texas Larry Gilman, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering) Engineer Sharon, Vermont Kathryn Glynn Audiologist Portland, Oregon David Goings, Ph.D. (Geology) Geologist Las Vegas, Nevada Natalie Goldstein Educational Environmental Writing Phoenicia, New York
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Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center San Diego, California Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner Graduate School of Arts & Science Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee Lee Wilmoth Lerner Science Writer NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida Scott Lewis Science Writer Chicago, Illinois Frank Lewotsky Aerospace Engineer (retired) Nipomo, California Karen Lewotsky Director of Water Programs Oregon Environmental Council Portland, Oregon Kristin Lewotsky Editor Laser Focus World Nashua, New Hamphire Stephen K. Lewotsky Architect Grants Pass, Oregon Agnieszka Lichanska, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology & Parasitology University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia Sarah Lee Lippincott Professor Emeritus Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Jill Liske, M.Ed. Wilmington, North Carolina David Lunney Research Scientist Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse Orsay, France...
David Petechuk Science Writer Ben Avon, Pennsylvania Borut Peterlin, M.D. Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Neurologist, Head Division of Medical Genetics Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University Medical Centre Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia John R. Phillips Department of Chemistry Purdue University, Calumet Hammond, Indiana Kay Marie Porterfield Science Writer Englewood, Colorado Paul Poskozim Chair Department of Chemistry, Earth Science and Physics Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, Illinois Andrew Poss Senior Research Chemist Allied Signal Inc. Buffalo, New York Satyam Priyadarshy Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Patricia V. Racenis Science Writer Livonia, Michigan Cynthia Twohy Ragni Atmospheric Scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research Westminster, Colorado Jordan P. Richman Science Writer Phoenix, Arizona Kitty Richman Science Writer Phoenix, Arizona
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