Gale 2015

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1-888-948-9422 • www.gale.cengage.com 18 KEY: = Print = eBook S C I E N C E A N D E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T U D I E S Doomed: The Science Behind Disasters 3 Volume Set Coming Soon June 2015 ISBN 9781410317742 $247.00 eISBN 9781410317780 $272.00 100 lively articles explore the science behind some of the worst global disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics cover structural and engineering failures, natural disasters, nuclear and industrial accidents, sinking ships, train derailments, and plane crashes. Students learn about the scientific principles behind disasters such as the cholera outbreak following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti; the Twin Towers crumbling after being hit by hijacked planes on 9/11; the levee failure during Hurricane Katrina; the Mianus River bridge collapse; the release of toxic vapors from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, and more. Entries explore physics, engineering, aerodynamics, chemical reactions, computer science, geology, materials science, and much more. Sources for more information are also included in each entry. S C I E N C E A N D E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T U D I E S U•X•L Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd Edition 10 Volume Set Coming Soon March 2015 ISBN 9781414430751 $742.00 eISBN 9781414430867 $762.90 This resource provides clear, nontechnical information on more than 600 scientific theories, life forms, inventions, controversies and discoveries — written in language that makes sense to all students. This new edition includes approximately 200 new entries and all the entires from the previous edition have been reviewed and updated as necessary. Covering the physical, life and earth sciences as well as engineering, technology, math, environmental science, anthropology and psychology, the Encyclopedia is sure to address all the topics that students and younger researchers want to know about. S C I E N C E A N D E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T U D I E S Ethics, Science, Technology and Engineering: A Global Resource, 2nd Edition 4 Volume Set Coming Soon October 2014 ISBN 9780028661964 $705.00 eISBN 9780028662138 $775.00 Described by Catholic World (2006) as "a treasure trove for beginning literacy" in the disciplines of science, technology, and ethics, Macmillan's 2005 edition of Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (ESTE) has been revised to include new analytical and interpretive essays on the events, scholarship, people, and legal decisions that have marked the period since the first edition was researched and published. In addition, to help make ESTE more global and interdisciplinary in scope and reach, the second edition engaged consultants from ethics centers around the world, and feature the world, and feature the revised the revised title Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource. Highlights of the new edition include an updated glossary and chronology, in addition to scores of new entries, hundreds of revised entries, and more than 300 graphics/images. N E W T I T L E S Food Allergies We hear about them all the time, but do you really know which foods are the main culprits? The eight foods that cause 90% of all food allergies are: • milk • eggs • peanuts • fish • shellfish F UN FA CT — The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, 2nd Edition, Volume 1, 2013 • soy • wheat • tree nuts (walnuts, cashews, pecans, almonds, etc.)

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