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The golden home and high school encyclopedia, while sufficiently comprehensive and detailed for family use, has been created principally for students at the high school level.
The aim of this reference work is twofold: first, to serve the student's immediate need for authorative information on a wide range of subjects, and, second, to set forth and explain the many areas of knowledge, so that a student may explore them and thus more completely plan his educational future.
Arranged, alphabetically in twenty volumes, here are thousands of full, accurate entries, written and reviewed by experts. The text is abundantly illustrated with full-color photographs and paintings.
Designed to complement the high school curriculum, this encyclopedia offers help with assigments and valuable guidance in the use of other reference tools- dictionaries, atlases, and various library materials. Extensive cross-references anda complete index direct the reader quickly to the information he seeks. A special feature of this work is the sound career information it offers in scores of job and professional fields.
Among the many subjects encompassed in these volumes are the newest developments in science, from microbiology to radioastronomy; fine arts and literature; history and government; religion and philosophy; the physical world, its plants and animals; the social sciences; invention and industry. Four-color maps and latest census figures contribute to an up-to-date view of the world, its continents, nations and peoples.
Every care has been taken to make The Golden Home and High School Encyclopedia lively and stimulating,without sacrifice of accuracy. It is the hope of the editors that these volumes will be used with both advantage and pleasure.
