Specialized Encyclopedias: Engineering

Examines the philosophical and ethical issues underlying contemporary and historical environmental issues, policies, and debates. More than 300 peer-reviewed articles cover concepts, institutions, topics, events and people, including global warming, animal rights, environmental movements, alternative energy, green chemistry, industrial ecology, and eco-sabotage.

The encyclopedia emphasizes the contributions of engineering, physics, and computers to the general areas of medicine. It contains over 250 articles describing all aspects of medical devices and instrumentation, including nanotechnology, fiber optics, and signal processing.
Some of the many areas covered include anesthesiology, burns, cardiology, clinical chemistry and engineering, computers in medicine, dermatology; dentistry, endocrinology, genetics, gynecology, microbiology, physical therapy, radiology, and surgery.

The encyclopedia contains the entire biomedical engineering (BME) knowledge base and incorporates the fundamentals of life, engineering, mathematical, and information sciences with the methodologies and systems of biomedical engineering. It includes peer reviewed articles, figures, tables, and illustrations in the following areas: biochemical engineering, biomedical education, biomedical devices and instrumentation, human performance and reverse engineering, rehabilitation and orthopedic engineering.