Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science

by Lara Maiklem (Editor)

A visual guide to the main scientific disciplines, from the workings of plants, animals and the human body, through the principles of physics and chemistry, to the fundamentals of the universe. Each section provides an overview of an area of science and its main terms.

Genres: Science

448 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1998

About the author

Lara Maiklem is a British editor who has been mudlarking for more than a decade. Featured in the Guardian and by the BBC for her work as the "London Mudlark," she lives on the Kent coast,close to the Thames Estuary, and visits the river as regularly as the tides permit.

Reviews

[Chris Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extraordinarily detailed and illustrated introduction to the basics of all the sciences, including physics, chemistry, all of the biological and earth sciences, human anatomy, astronomy, electricity, mathematics......whew!

This compact volume contains so much information and so well represented (it is a DK book after all) I daresay you could get a start on recreating each field with it were civilization to collapse all of a sudden.

I read somewhere that DK book only scratch the surface of the subjects that they represent, but don't take that to mean this is simple reading - a lot of this stuff was completely over my head, but provides reference points to kick off from if one is in the mood to delve further.

As always with DK - highly recommended.