Details

Edition

[First edition].

Description

1 online resource (xxiv, 861 pages) : illustrations

Note

Comprises articles on science and medicine extracted from the five-volume reference set Applied Science. Salem Press, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on

Print version record.

Contents

Acoustics -- Agricultural science -- Agroforestry -- Agronomy -- Anesthesiology -- Animal breeding and husbandry -- Archaeology -- Areology -- Atmospheric sciences -- Audiology and hearing aids -- Barometry -- Bioengineering -- Bioinformatics -- Biomathematics -- Biomechanics -- Biophysics -- Biosynthetics -- Cardiology -- Cell and tissue engineering -- Ceramics -- Clinical engineering -- Cloning -- Computed tomography -- Criminology -- Demography and demographics -- Dentistry -- Dermatology and dermatopathology -- Diffraction analysis -- DNA analysis -- DNA sequencing -- Economic geology -- Electrochemistry -- Electron microscopy -- Electron spectroscopy analysis -- Electronic commerce -- Electronic materials production -- Electronics and electronic engineering -- Endocrinology -- Environmental chemistry -- Environmental microbiology -- Epidemiology -- Ergonomics -- Gastroenterology -- Gemology and chrysology -- Genetically modified organisms -- Genetic engineering -- Genomics -- Geriatrics and gerontology -- Hematology -- Histology -- Human genetic engineering -- Hydroelectric power plants -- Hydrology and hydrogeology -- Hypnosis -- Immunology and vaccination -- International system of units -- Kinesiology -- Landscape ecology -- Land-use management -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Measurement and units -- Metabolic engineering -- Meteorology -- Microscopy -- Military sciences and combat engineering -- Mineralogy -- Mirrors and lenses -- Nephrology -- Neural engineering -- Neurology -- Nursing -- Nutrition and dietetics -- Obstetrics and gynecology -- Occupational health -- Oceanography -- Ophthalmology -- Optics -- Optometry -- Orthopedics -- Osteopathy -- Otorhinolaryngology -- Paleontology -- Parasitology -- Pathology -- Pediatric medicine and surgery -- Penology -- Pharmacology -- Photonics -- Planetology and astrogeology -- Propulsion technologies -- Prosthetics -- Psychiatry -- Pulmonary medicine -- Radio astronomy -- Radiology and medical imaging -- Rehabilitation engineering -- Reproductive science and engineering -- Rheumatology -- Soil science -- Somnology -- Space science -- Space stations -- Spectroscopy -- Speech therapy and phoniatrics -- Stem cell research and technology -- Superconductivity and superconducting devices -- Surface and interface science -- Surgery -- Telescopy -- Toxicology -- Tribology -- Ultrasonic imaging -- Urology -- Veterinary science -- Virology -- Xenotransplantation.

Summary

Provides in-depth coverage of 110 wide-ranging fields of science and medicine, including Applied Physics, Biosynthetics, Climatology, Genetically Modified Food Production, Pulmonary Medicine, Radio Astronomy, Toxicology, Virology, and many more. The articles examine the relationship between science and medicine, providing insight into the many ways in which science affects daily life.

Subject

Science.

Medicine.

SCIENCE -- Applied Sciences.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Inventions.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.

Medicine.

Science.

Added Author

Franceschetti, Donald R., 1947-

Added Title

Science and medicine

Other Form:

Print version: Applied science. Science and medicine. First edition] 9781619252400 (OCoLC)861342826

ISBN

9781619252417 (electronic bk.)

1619252414 (electronic bk.)