THIS book is based on lectures given during the 1945– 46 and 1946– 47 sessions of the School of University College, London. Most of its chapters describe the different types of reference books ...

IN this new edition the author has incorporated the outlines of many of the modern advances, particularly in geology and geophysics. The early chapters deal with the character and origin of the oceans ...

Although some may question the notion of a reference renaissance (did reference ever really die?), few would deny that “reference has been transformed from an area that focused on resources and ...