Newton, David E

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore over one hundred topics in which scientific advances have raised new issues for society, including DNA fingerprinting, euthanasia, needle exchange programs, and organ transplants; and includes illustrations, a bibliography, and an index.

Presents articles describing the causes and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment (both traditional and alternative), prognosis, and prevention of various diseases, disorders, injuries, and infections.

Explores the decade of the 1920s worldwide, highlighting a selection of the significant scientists, inventions, and scientific developments of that era.

Suggests experiments that can demonstrate basic principles of chemistry using household items.

Describes life in the Japanese city of Tokyo during World War II.

Describes the function of scientific equipment used in the fields of physics, meteorology, biology, and earth science and provides instructions for constructing these instruments.

Examines current environmental issues and suggests ways to become involved in solving problems with pollution.

Discusses how earthquakes happen, predicting and measuring them, and some major earthquakes.

Contains over 550 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about cryptology, introducing some of the basic fundamental concepts of cryptography and cryptanalysis, and including stories about how secret writing has been used throughout history.