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October 1994 / Book and CD-ROM Reviews / Science At Your Fingertips
Rich Friedman

know.

But perhaps intimidating is the wrong word to describe this large collection of scientific information. On second thought, intriguing is a better word to use because it's all too easy to spend countless hours exploring this treasure trove of technical topics. You can, for example, hear sound as it travels through the human ear, watch the continents separate, or see the heart pump blood. This is a powerful way to learn science. If, on the other hand, you need a quick definition, you can zero in on information by keyword, Boolean, hypertext, and context-relevant searching.


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