Containing over 400 new illustrations and an index which has been expanded by 50 per cent, this revised edition retains the encyclopaedia's thematic, rather than A-Z, format, so that information on any topic is given in context. The book includes updated entries on all countries of the world, and coverage of recent developments in science and cosmology, politics, the arts and technology.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 792 pages in this book. This is an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading. Headwords and text are usually revised periodically for publication in a new edition. In a multivolume encyclopedia, any indexes are usually located at the end of the last volume. Encyclopedias may be general (example: Encyclopedia Americana) or specialized, usually by subject (Encyclopedia of Bad Taste) or discipline (Encyclopedia of Social Work). This book was published 1995 by Guinness World Records Limited .