A new World Book. (new products).World Book, www.worldbook.com, Software, $22.99 The 2002 edition of the World Book CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). includes 300 new articles, 107 extensively revised articles and more than 2,500 partially revised articles. Feedback from advisors, consultants, contributors and research findings as well as from users, schools and libraries have guided the revisions ReVisions is a 2004 anthology of alternate history short-stories. It is edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Isaac Szpindel. Contents Title Author The Resonance of Light James Alan Gardner Out of China Julie E. . The new edition includes the 2000 presidential election and other political developments around the world. The article on the Sun was revised and re-illustrated to include new developments in solar physics and new understandings of solar activity. Heredity heredity, transmission from generation to generation through the process of reproduction in plants and animals of factors which cause the offspring to resemble their parents. That like begets like has been a maxim since ancient times. , Human Genome The human genome is the genome of Homo sapiens, which is composed of 24 distinct pairs of chromosomes (22 autosomal + X + Y) with a total of approximately 3 billion DNA base pairs containing an estimated 20,000–25,000 genes. Project and other science articles were also updated with information on the human genome. CIRCLE #528 FOR INFORMATION |
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