TY - BOOK AU - Parry, Melanie, ed. AU - Anderson, Trevor AU - Parry, Melanie TI - Chambers book of facts SN - 0-550-10057-1 PY - 2002/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Chambers KW - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc KW - sears N2 - Climate and Environment - Climatic zones, Meteorological extremes, Oil spills at sea, Map of shipping forecast areas; Communication - Languages: number of speakers, Computer languages, Major newspapers, Clothes care symbols, Air distance, Deepwater ports of the world; Earth - Continents, Largest Lakes, Highest Waterfalls, Major Volcanoes, Properties of common minerals, Prinicipal igneous rocks; History - Journeys of exploration, Japanese emperors, Mughal emperors; Human Life - Main types of vitamins, E-numbers, Immunization for foreign travel; Natural History - Cereals, Spices, Flowers, Fungi, Fish; Social Structure - Major cities of the world, Populations of the six most populous nations, United Nations membership, Political definitions, Military ranks; Time - Perpetual Calendar, Months (Associations of gems and flowers); Contains updated information in different fields of knowledge. Contents: Space - (Selected) Planetary data, The Lunar seas, The Twenty brightest stars, NASA launches (Crew-related) ER -