Encyclopedia Britannica Print Set

• 32 volumes with over 44 million words, bound handsomely in our black heirloom binding.
• Over 65,000 articles with 35% revision in the past 3 years!
• Many new and revised articles cover subjects relative to today`s world, such as “Genetics”, “Animal Rights”, and “SARS”.
• Comprehensive entries written and revised by the world`s foremost scholars and experts, including many Nobel Prize winners.
• Over 4,000 contributors including such renowned individuals as Milton Friedman, Carl Sagan, and Michael DeBakey.
• Over 24,000 photos, graphs, illustrations, maps, charts, and tables, from Van Gogh`s Starry Night to underwater biospheres, bring the text to life.
• 2005 Book of the Year captures the highs and lows of 2004 including the devastation and loss of life caused by the Tsunami that ravaged many of southern Asia’s Islands

The unique four-part organisation of the traditional 32-volume set makes it the ideal Encyclopedia for every enquiry. The 12 volume "Micropædia" gives quick and concise answers with a summary of the essential facts and acts as a gateway to Knowledge in Depth. The 17 volume "Macropædia" Knowledge in Depth, gives you complete and thorough understanding in all subjects. The one-volume "Propædia" is the outline of knowledge, a guide to learning that will help you in pursuing any subject in depth. The two-volume "Index" is the key to Britannica. More than 720,000 references take you to the exact page you need, quickly and easily.