Desert Encyclopaedia

Encyclopaedia of medical history

The catalogue is very usable. On the one hand, should a particular image catch the eye, the identifying information can be immediately consulted. On the other hand, researchers may consult the medical condition subject index. These indexes and captions are essential to an understanding of the content of the images, since these are reproduced in so small a format (22 x 34 mm) that the screening ...

An encyclopaedia of cubature formulas

About 13 years ago we started collecting published cubature formulas for the approximation of multivariate integrals over some standard regions. In this paper we describe how we make this information available to a larger audience via the World Wide Web.

Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dermatology

THE Preface to this book states: "The book is directed primarily at the medical student, house officer and practising physician. However.... a considerable portion of this Review has been devoted to a discussion of the relevant basic science aspects". This is indeed the case, and the initial chapters contain a comprehensive but concise account of topics such as cell structure, microbial genetic...

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality

A Little Encyclopaedia of Phonetics

This book is aimed at first-year students of Phonetics. It is based on a book I wrote which was published in 1992. The book, which had the title Introducing Phonetics, has now been deleted from the publisher's list. The title was misleading: this is not an introduction to Phonetics but a series of short explanations of technical terms used in the subject. I have, in fact, written what I hope is...