Who says reference books have to be old and boring?
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Tenth Edition
REF Q121 .M3 2007
Reference Collection, 2nd floor
Need to know more about lean manufacturing? Wondering what the heck dactyloscopy is? The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology provides those answers and more. This massive, twenty-volume encyclopedia covers everything related to science and technology. The new edition features articles by leading scientists from all over the world, include thirty-six Nobel Laureates. This is the definitive source for up-to-date information on all fields of science, from nanotechnology to fluid mechanics and everything in between.
And just so you know, dactyloscopy is the fancy way to say the study of fingerprints for the purposes of identification, if you can pronounce it.
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports
Edited by Douglas Booth & Holly Thorpe
REF GV749.7 .B47 2007
Reference Collection, 2nd floor
Extreme sports have gained significant popularity over past decade (didn’t they just host X-Games 12 or something?), and that attention has given way to the creation of this reference work. The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports not only looks at the sports themselves, but also the people involved and the sociology and psychology associated with these sports, such as injury and risk factors. In addition to the individual articles, it includes segments by groundbreaking athletes like Tony Hawk that recount their experiences of living on the edge. The articles also contain “Further Reading” for ideas on other sources of information.
