Arranged thematically, this encyclopedia con tains explanations which, as much as possible, link basic sc ientific principles to everyday life in order to aid underst anding. Cartoons, quizzes and experiments show that science is fun as well as useful. '

 

This book is part of a book series called Usborne Encyclopedias .

There are 128 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 1998 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .