The Macmillan Visual Dictionary with CD-Rom: With CD-Rom - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028608143 ISBN 13: 9780028608143

Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

When it was first published in 1992, The Macmillan Visual Dictionary redefined illustrated reference. Since then it has sold more than 180,000 copies! Now it is available with its own extraordinary CD-ROM -- the format that is redefining books. It addition to the book's 3,500 illustrations (reproduced electronically with the same exceptional clarity and amazing level of detail) and its 25,000 terms, it will contain: -- Selected animation of illustrated images (e.g., swimming strokes)-- All terms in three languages: English, Spanish and French-- Audio pronunciations for every term in all three languages-- An exhaustive index of every word, not just overall terms-- More than the usual "links" -- the Visual Dictionary with CD-ROM contains an astonishing array of cross-references and user-friendly research aidsNow in one outstanding package, here are two genuinely extraordinary reference works. Each is detailed and comprehensive enough for the professional researcher yet easy to use in the home library.

About this title

Synopsis:

Provides precise color illustrations of everything created by man or nature--from human anatomy to airplanes--labeling each picture with the correct terminology of its parts.

From the Inside Flap:

The Macmillan Visual Dictionary Here is one of the most extraordinary and useful reference books ever published: the first comprehensive visual dictionary in full color. Covering 600 subjects, it identifies more than 25,000 terms by the use of thousands of detailed, accurate illustrations. You can use The Macmillan Visual Dictionary in many ways:

• to find the correct term for something you can picture but not name (such as the whatchamacallit on the thingamajig);
• to find out what something looks like when you know its name but can't picture it;
• to build vocabulary;
• to browse in wonder through a universe of information not available to you until now.

Astonishing in scope, The Macmillan Visual Dictionary identifies everything from the components of the human circulatory system to the various types of electrician's tools, from the parts of a train station to the different styles of furniture, from a bird's anatomy to a flower's physiology, from the interior of the Earth to the constellations in the sky. The book's twenty–eight chapters give exhaustive coverage of:

• The Human Body
• The Animal Kingdom
• Music
• Geography
• Architecture
• Sports and Games
• The House
• Symbols
• and many other subject areas

An extended table of contents lists every illustration, and the thorough index lists every term depicted. The variety and abundance of illustrations and terminology make The Macmillan Visual Dictionary an indispensable work for both specialized research and everyday life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0028608143
• ISBN 13: 9780028608143
• Binding: Hardcover